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Insect fighting is a blood sport
Blood sport

Bloodsport or blood sport is any sport or entertainment that involves violence against animals.Bloodsport includes coursing or beagling, combat sports such as cockfighting, or other activities....
 involving insect
Insect

Insects are the biggest class of arthropods and the only ones with wings. They are the most diverse group of animals on the planet. They are most diverse at the equator and their diversity declines toward the poles....
s. It is practised in areas in China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
, Japan, and Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
. There are people who train and fight their insects against other insects in underground fighting arenas. Insect fighting is a traditional Chinese
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
 pastime that dates back to the Tang Dynasty
Tang Dynasty

The Tang Dynasty was an Dynasties in Chinese history preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li family, who seized power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire....
 of 618-907 and had long been mainly practiced by aristocrats, senior officials and wealthy merchants. It is also a casual activity for youth in western countries and is known colloquially as "bugfighting".

viduals may hoard many different type of insects for the battles.






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Insect fighting is a blood sport
Blood sport

Bloodsport or blood sport is any sport or entertainment that involves violence against animals.Bloodsport includes coursing or beagling, combat sports such as cockfighting, or other activities....
 involving insect
Insect

Insects are the biggest class of arthropods and the only ones with wings. They are the most diverse group of animals on the planet. They are most diverse at the equator and their diversity declines toward the poles....
s. It is practised in areas in China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
, Japan, and Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
. There are people who train and fight their insects against other insects in underground fighting arenas. Insect fighting is a traditional Chinese
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
 pastime that dates back to the Tang Dynasty
Tang Dynasty

The Tang Dynasty was an Dynasties in Chinese history preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li family, who seized power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire....
 of 618-907 and had long been mainly practiced by aristocrats, senior officials and wealthy merchants. It is also a casual activity for youth in western countries and is known colloquially as "bugfighting".

Structure

Individuals may hoard many different type of insects for the battles. Some of the most popular bugs are the Stag Beetle
Stag beetle

Stag beetles are a group of about 1,200 species of beetle in the family Lucanidae, presently classified in four subfamilies Some species grow to 8 centimetre , but most are about 5 cm ....
, Rhinoceros Beetle
Rhinoceros beetle

The rhinoceros beetles or rhino beetle are a subfamily of beetles in the family of scarab beetles . They are among the largest of beetles, and their common name refers to the characteristic horns borne by the males of most species in the group....
, Kabutomushi
Japanese rhinoceros beetle

The Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Japanese horned beetle, or , Trypoxylus dichotomus, is a species of rhinoceros beetle found in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China....
 the Cricket
Cricket (insect)

Crickets, family Gryllidae , are insects somewhat related to grasshoppers and more closely related to Tettigoniidae . They have somewhat flattened bodies and long antenna ....
 and the Goliath Beetle
Goliathus

The Goliath beetles are among Largest organisms#Insects , if measured in terms of size, bulk and weight. They are members of subfamily Cetoniinae, within the scarab beetle family....
, as their sheer size and jumping ability make them formidable opponents. They are trained by their owners to become stronger and more aggressive. Beetle fighting is practiced in the northern region of Thailand.

Insect fighters claim that their activity provides free entertainment while removing pests from the environment.

Training


A training method involves using supplemental feedings of sugar from sugarcane (their favorite food and nesting areas) to help the beetles grow bigger. After the training is complete, the owners will take them to the designated fighting arena and the bugs are forced to fight each other.

A small noisemaker is used that duplicates the female's mating call (fighting beetles are male). Getting beetles to fight requires patience and is much different than other types of animal fighting. The loser is pushed onto his back by the winner, pushed off of a limb, or a predetermined area.

Object

The fight can take place on a log, stump, or circle drawn in the dirt, anywhere that is a small ring. The ways to win these "battles" are by either one insect pushing the other out of the ring, one of them running out of the ring (which happens very rarely), or one of them dying while fighting.

Gambling

Spectators and owners can gamble on their own or other insects. In Japanese tradition, after losing a fight, the owner of the insect must chop the insect in half, and swallow whole the two halfs, these ruitals have been discontinued due to a large number of poisonings and deaths it has caused.

In culture

  • In the Samurai Champloo
    Samurai Champloo

    is a Japanese Anime Television program consisting of twenty-six episodes. It was broadcast in Japan from May 20, 2004 through March 19, 2005 on the television network, Fuji TV....
     episode Gamblers and Gallantry
    List of Samurai Champloo episodes 1-12

    The episodes of the anime series Samurai Champloo were produced by Manglobe and written and directed by Shinichiro Watanabe. The first episode premiered in Japan on on Fuji Television on May 20, 2004 where it ran for 26 episodes until its conclusion on March 19, 2005....
     the character Mugen
    List of Samurai Champloo characters

    This is a list of known characters in the anime and manga series Samurai Champloo....
     trains a stag beetle
    Stag beetle

    Stag beetles are a group of about 1,200 species of beetle in the family Lucanidae, presently classified in four subfamilies Some species grow to 8 centimetre , but most are about 5 cm ....
     for combat by tying a large rock to it.
  • The most common insect the Chinese use are grasshoppers
    Grasshoppers

    Grasshoppers may refer to one of the following:* Grasshoppers , a suborder of insects* Grasshopper , a Hong Kong-based musical group* Grasshopper-Club Z?rich, a Swiss football club...
     or praying mantis (mainly Chinese Mantis
    Chinese mantis

    The Chinese mantis is a species of praying mantis. Originating from China, they were first introduced to North America around 1895 as a source of pest control....
    ). Sometimes the fight will be two different type of insects fighting in a makeshift "arena".
  • The movie Jarhead (film)
    Jarhead (film)

    Jarhead is a 2005 in film film based on United States Marine Corps Anthony Swofford's 2003 in literature Gulf War memoir Jarhead , starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Swofford....
     contains one scene where U.S Marines battle scorpion
    Scorpion

    Scorpions are any arachnid of the order Scorpionida. They are members of the order Scorpiones within the class Arachnida. There are about 2,000 species of scorpions, found widely distributed south of about Latitude, except New Zealand and Antarctica....
    s in the desert (though scorpions are not insects).
  • In the movie Enter the Dragon
    Enter the Dragon

    Enter the Dragon aka. The Deadly Three, originally titled Blood and Steel is a Hong Kong films of 1973 United States martial arts film directed by Robert Clouse; starring martial artists Bruce Lee and Jim Kelly , as well as actor John Saxon ....
     there is a bug fight between two praying mantis before they reach the island.


See also

  • Cricket fighting
    Cricket fighting

    Cricket fighting is a bloodsport involving the fighting of Cricket ....
  • Spider fighting
    Spider fighting

    Spider fighting and is a popular blood sport among rural Filipino people children. The game begins by placing two spiders at opposite ends of a stick from a walis ting-ting ....


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