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Eatable Bugs and Plants for Survival
If you aren’t having any luck with finding fish or game you could resort to bugs and
plants. This can be a risky and tricky thing to experiment with unless you know what
you’re eating for sure. I would suggest you study this more in depth, but I will briefly
touch on some things you can snack on in the wilderness.
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Grasshoppers- discard head, legs, and wings 
Grub worms- eaten raw or cooked 
Termites- can be eaten raw 
Pill bugs or rollie-pollie- cooked 
June bug- cooked 
Dragonfly- raw or cooked 
Crickets- cooked 
Worms- raw or cooked 
Plants-
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Asparagus- cooked 
Clovers- cooked 
Cattail- cooked 
Prickly Pear Cactus- cooked 
Dandelions- cooked 
Plantain- cooked 
You can eat some of these raw, but once again you need to study these on your own
and maybe purchase a guide to eatable bugs and plants. It is safest to cook the bugs
or plants in the event they harbor parasites. This is serious business and could kill you
if you make a bad decision. So know what you’re eating. You can also try the touch,
taste, consume method. Touch it to your skin and wait several minutes. If there is no
reaction, hold it in your mouth for several minutes, but don’t eat it. If there is no
reaction consume a small portion and wait 8 hours. If no reaction you should be able to
consume it safely. If you notice a reaction, induce vomiting and drink as much water as
you can.
Now you have a few more things you can grub on while you are in the wilderness and
increase your chance of survival. Now I would like to give you some information on
where you can receive additional training on survival in the wilderness.
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