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A subsection of Ghost Moth then? -- Wetman 00:19, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
They taste like peanut butter or srambled eggs with a chicken tasting skin. -- Commking 2 November, 2005 they taste horribly bland and are not consumed in australia anymore due to instinction thanks to the aboriginals —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.177.31.18 ( talk) 07:07, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
They are not extinct - or "instinct" either. 203.184.41.226 ( talk) 00:13, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
"Once caught the grubs leak a brown water juice over fingers when held". Apart from the poor grammar, what does this mean? Does the grub defecate or actually "leak"? 203.184.41.226 ( talk) 00:14, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
Wattle trees are short lived. That is known in the literature, and I have found it from experience - in New Zealand, where we do not have Witchetty grubs. The trees short life spans have nothing to do with Witchetty grubs. Furthermore the sentence "and are attributed as the reason why wattles die within 10 to 15 years" is appalling English. I suggest its deletion. Royalcourtier ( talk) 18:32, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
This article is about a common name for the 'grub phase' of an organism, and has strayed into inclusion of anything within some loose definition of 'edible grubs now used for bait'. I removed the scientific classification box as a start to improving the article (or disambiguation page). — cygnis insignis 14:50, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
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This is not supported by the citations, true or not; the word bardi is a term in the Southwest for the grub phase of Bardistus cibarius. cygnis insignis 15:33, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
Can anyone add in information as to their size, please? Thanks! - Wwallacee ( talk) 19:50, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
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A subsection of Ghost Moth then? -- Wetman 00:19, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
They taste like peanut butter or srambled eggs with a chicken tasting skin. -- Commking 2 November, 2005 they taste horribly bland and are not consumed in australia anymore due to instinction thanks to the aboriginals —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.177.31.18 ( talk) 07:07, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
They are not extinct - or "instinct" either. 203.184.41.226 ( talk) 00:13, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
"Once caught the grubs leak a brown water juice over fingers when held". Apart from the poor grammar, what does this mean? Does the grub defecate or actually "leak"? 203.184.41.226 ( talk) 00:14, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
Wattle trees are short lived. That is known in the literature, and I have found it from experience - in New Zealand, where we do not have Witchetty grubs. The trees short life spans have nothing to do with Witchetty grubs. Furthermore the sentence "and are attributed as the reason why wattles die within 10 to 15 years" is appalling English. I suggest its deletion. Royalcourtier ( talk) 18:32, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
This article is about a common name for the 'grub phase' of an organism, and has strayed into inclusion of anything within some loose definition of 'edible grubs now used for bait'. I removed the scientific classification box as a start to improving the article (or disambiguation page). — cygnis insignis 14:50, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
References
This is not supported by the citations, true or not; the word bardi is a term in the Southwest for the grub phase of Bardistus cibarius. cygnis insignis 15:33, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
Can anyone add in information as to their size, please? Thanks! - Wwallacee ( talk) 19:50, 13 May 2020 (UTC)