Chocolate with Ahuautle, mosquito egg and Chapulines (grasshoppers) - stock photo

Chocolate with Ahuautle, mosquito egg and Chapulines (grasshoppers) ​Ahuautle or Axayacatl, aquatic insects in the family Corixidae, the eggs of which ahuauhtli, deposited abundantly on brushes in lakes and ponds and are collected and sold as a sort of Mexican caviar, as part of the ​Aztec food. After being thoroughly cleaned and washed, they are toasted on a comal clay pan and they are prepared with garlic, lime juice and salt containing extract of agave worms, lending a sour spicy salty taste to the finished product. You can find snacks of grasshoppers all over Mexico This is a close-up​ photo of the Mexican dish, ready to be eaten.