Insect is a kind of potential bioresource with plenty of high quality protein. In this paper, the advances on the research and exploitation of insect food are reviewed including the birth of Edible Entomology, basic research on exploitation and industrialization of insect food. The advances on exploitation of some common insects for food such as Musca domestica L., Tenebrio molitor L., Bombyx moril , locusts, Gryllotalpa orientalis burmeister ,etc. are also reviewed. The prospects for exploitation of insect protein is reviewed in the end of the paper. It is pointed out that the research of man...
