The mopane caterpillar (Imbrasia belina) is arguably the most popular and economically important caterpillar consumed. Endemic to the mopane woodlands in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe, the caterpillar’s habitat extends over about 384 000 km2 of forest (FAO, 2003). An estimated 9.5 billion mopane caterpillars are harvested annually in southern Africa, a practice worth US$85 million (Ghazoul, 2006). Other caterpillars are also consumed, but to a lesser extent. Malaisse (1997) identified 38 different species of caterpillar across the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Latham (2003) documented 23 edible species in the Bas-Congo, a western province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.