{"id":302180,"date":"2021-03-15T12:41:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T10:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=302180"},"modified":"2021-03-15T12:41:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T10:41:15","slug":"booming-mopane-worm-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=302180","title":{"rendered":"Booming mopane worm season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marthina Mutanga<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>People from different walks of life have flocked to the Erongo Region to harvest mopane worms which they then sell at various open markets in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A Senior Counsellor of the Zerua Traditional Authority, Hivirikee Uaseupuani said since the region has received good rain people from the North and the Khomas region started flocking to their area to collect worms from the mopane trees.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Uaseupuani noted that the people have come to different villages to harvest the worms.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"581\" height=\"1032\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-302182\" data-id=\"302182\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Booming-mopane-worm-season-3.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Booming-mopane-worm-season-3.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Booming-mopane-worm-season-3.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Booming-mopane-worm-season-3.jpeg 581w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"581\" height=\"1032\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-302181\" data-id=\"302181\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Booming-mopane-worm-season-2.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Booming-mopane-worm-season-2.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Booming-mopane-worm-season-2.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Booming-mopane-worm-season-2.jpeg 581w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1032\" height=\"581\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-302179\" data-id=\"302179\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Booming-mopane-worm-season-1.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Booming-mopane-worm-season-1.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Booming-mopane-worm-season-1.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Booming-mopane-worm-season-1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Booming-mopane-worm-season-1.jpeg 533w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Booming-mopane-worm-season-1.jpeg 1032w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1032px) 100vw, 1032px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said that there is an abundance of worms, so named for their preferred diet of Mopani leaves. In a year of bounty, the worms hang big and fat on the end of the butterfly-shaped leaves, often leaving the trees bare after a few weeks of feasting.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Before the ground hardens for winter, they burrow into the earth beneath the trees and pupate for six or seven months until the summer, when they emerge transformed into large emperor moths.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After the worms are harvested people dry them in the sun and sell them at the various open markets around Namibia.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marthina Mutanga \u00a0 People from different walks of life have flocked to the Erongo Region to harvest mopane worms which they then sell at various open markets in the country. \u00a0 A Senior Counsellor of the Zerua Traditional Authority, Hivirikee Uaseupuani said since the region has received good rain people from the North and the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":302181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-302180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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