Home › Entities › zoophagy › entomophagy

entomophagy

feeding behaviour that uses insects as food or feed
Class type of: zoophagy Q1046284

Facts

4 properties
Instance of
feeding behavior
Subclass of
zoophagy[2]
Different from
arachnophagy[4]
Used by
insectivore[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en entomophagy en insectivory en insectivore en insect eating ar أكل الحشرات cs hmyzožravec cs hmyzožravý cs entomofagie cs Entomofágie de Entomophagen de Entomophagie el εντομοφάγος el Εντομοφαγία el εντομοφαγία es entomofagia fa حشره‌خواری انسانی fi Hyönteiset ruokana fi Hyönteissyönti fr dégustation d'insectes fr insectivorie
🔖 Identifiers · 16
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Black-striped Woodcreeper eating an insect (25827810817).jpg ↗
BBC Things ID
cafc821b-b2a4-43e2-be3b-6a3088f1b362
BabelNet ID
00980211n
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/entomophagy
Freebase ID
/m/05s85t
Golden ID (archived)
Entomophagy-REDPV4
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11fhwkqcfr
Harper's tag
entomophagy
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2777916278
NDL Authority ID
01159078
National Library of Latvia ID
000328158
NicoNicoPedia word article ID
昆虫食
Show all 16 identifiers +4
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
1283906
Pixiv Encyclopedia ID
昆虫食
Quora topic ID
Entomophagy-eating-insects
Vikidia article ID
fr:Entomophagie
📚 Sources · 1
  • ndl_authorities as of 2026-10-01 · 1 statement · pdl-1.0 data obtained from Web NDL Authorities (National Diet Library)

Report an error or request removal Lineage (PROV-JSON)

⛏️ Lake Facts · open-dataset statements via 4ort-mint

From open datasets, joined by identifier and shown only for properties Wikidata does not state on this entity — except where the dataset is the registry authority for the fact (ClinicalTrials.gov on trial registration data): there its value is shown instead, with Wikidata's noted beside it. Every row carries its dataset edition and licence.

Library of Congress Authorities IDP244
sh88006261 2026-10-01 ndl_authorities (pdl-1.0) as of 2026-10-01
where from?
Source
ndl_authorities
Edition
20261001 · as of 2026-10-01 · newer edition 20261103 landed
Licence
pdl-1.0
Credit
data obtained from Web NDL Authorities (National Diet Library)
Bronze
manifest sha256 6e048898660f1188…
Transform
4ort-mint · lake · version not recorded
data obtained from Web NDL Authorities (National Diet Library)
🔗 Connections
Examples 1
escamol
Instance of 1
feeding behavior
Subtypes 1
human entomophagy
Used by 1
insectivore
← Different from 1
insectivore
← Facet of 1
insect as food
← Has characteristic 1
insectivore
← Has use 1
insect
← Main food source 1
Piapiac
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

entomophagy is a feeding behavior[1].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). entomophagy. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/entomophagy
MLA “entomophagy.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 6 Nov. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/entomophagy.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_entomophagy_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{entomophagy}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/entomophagy}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-06}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): entomophagy — https://4ort.xyz/entity/entomophagy (retrieved 2026-11-06)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/entomophagy · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → entomophagy
    "Created claim: Harper's tag: entomophagy, Matched to entomophagy (#289926664) in Harper's tag"
  2. 14w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → zoophagy
    Different from → arachnophagy
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q29401 (asm)-Nayan j Nath-অসমত ব্যৱহৃত পতংগ খাদ্য.wav
    Instance of → feeding behavior
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Pronunciation audio: LL-Q29401 (asm)-Nayan j Nath-অসমত ব্যৱহৃত পতংগ খাদ্য.wav"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.