Jumiles

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Jumiles are a small stink bugs of the species Atizies taxcoensis [1] native to the Taxco region of the state of Guerrero in Mexico. Jumiles are collected for making of sauce and for use as taco filling. They may be eaten alive. The beginning of the jumil season on November 1 is the premise of a large fiesta in Taxco, fiestagoers gather in the mountain park of Huisteco to collect jumiles, and crown a Jumil Queen.

Jumiles have a bitter, medicinal flavor, probably due to their high iodine content.[2]. Jumiles are also a good source of the vitamins riboflavin and niacin. [3]

Chumiles are a smaller, similar hemipteran of the same region (southern Morelos and northern Guerrero) that is also eaten. They are insects of the Order Hemiptera and Family Pentatomidae. Other pentatomids are commonly called "stinkbugs".

In the Globe Trekker TV travelogue episode Ultimate Mexico, Justine Shapiro is shown eating a live jumil.