Many Native American tribes practiced land fishing, where long nets were strung out and left for a day to catch grasshoppers and whatever else got stuck in them

Many Native American tribes practiced land fishing, where long nets were strung out and left for a day to catch grasshoppers and whatever else got stuck in them. I'm having trouble finding links though: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/history-of-eating-bugs-america https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/history-of-eating-bugs... http://www.hollowtop.com/finl_html/amerindians.htm http://www.hollowtop.com/finl_html/amerindians.htm http://labs.russell.wisc.edu/insectsasfood/files/2012/09/Book_Chapter_2.pdf http://labs.russell.wisc.edu/insectsasfood/files/2012/09/Boo... <- warning PDF "En'neh, or grasshoppers, are eaten by the Konkau. They catch them with nets, or by driving them into pits, then roast them and reduce them to powder for preservation." You can live very well off the land (even in deserts) if you are willing to eat insects, because their combined mass can be higher than the visible wildlife. Ethically if I had to choose between hunting and butchering animals or having more food than I could handle from passively-caught grasshoppers, I might choose the latter!