Dry season is the best time to snack on the yummy deep-fried scorpions in Northeastern Thailand

Published on 14 Mar 2016 11:20:19 AM

Rice farmers are supplementing their income by hunting scorpions in their ground burrows during the dry season. Many who chose not to find work in towns and cities are resorting to harvesting the insects that are sold at US14 cents each. Processed scorpions that are deep-fried, which is considered a delicacy in the Northern provinces of Thailand are sold at US22 cents depending on its size. Scorpions are deemed predatory insects and venomous but are a cheap source of protein to the poorer farming communities in the country.