Tak Ga Tan

This is a common grasshopper, it was known as a pest that damaged rice crops. Farmers discovered they could eat the insects as a tasty snack, so they gathered them up and sold them off to vendors who turned them into a popular snack nationwide. Fry them in a wok briefly, remove, add a light coating of Golden Mountain sauce and add Thai pepper powder. Eat as a snack alone, or with beer. Click image to see larger non pai pictures.

Family: Grasshopper

Lifespan: 3-5 months

Food: rice

Habitat: hot,dry area

size 8-12 cm  weight: 2 g

color: brown or green 

called: Tak Ga Tan