Mopane worms Mopane worms are a delicacy in Africa, with three
times the protein content of beef (  Customs officers at Gatwick
Airport received a shock when they discovered thousands of dried
caterpillars in the luggage of a man, who claimed they were for
"personal consumption".  The huge insects were found last week,
shrink-wrapped in plastic and stuffed into four hessian bags, in
the luggage of a 22-year-old man who had travelled from Burkina
Faso.  The seizure was the biggest ever of its kind, with the
bugs breaching controls on the importation of "products of
animal origin".  "This was an unusual seizure but the vigilance
of our officers has stopped these dried insects from entering
the UK, and possibly posing a risk to our food chain," Ingrid
Smith, a spokeswoman for the UK Border Agency told the
Independent.  Specialists said the caterpillars are likely to be
mopane worms, the larvae of emperor moths, which are commonly
eaten in Africa.  When the caterpillar is picked, it is pinched
at the tail end to