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The edible larvae of various flies of the genus Ephydra, found in the alkaline lakes of western North America..
The most singular food, in all probability, is that larvæ of a fly, common in certain portions of California and known as Ephydra. […] Not only the eggs, but the larvæ, themselves a disagreeable-looking worm, are used as food under the name of puxi.
The "larvae", furthermore, are said to be eaten as puxi, so that the miraculous corixids are eaten in four different forms under as many names.
They also gather aquatic insect eggs (ahuautle), brine flies (puxi), and algae (cuculito).
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Puxi means The edible larvae of various flies of the genus Ephydra, found in the alkaline lakes of western North America..
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The most singular food, in all probability, is that larvæ of a fly, common in certain portions of California and known as Ephydra. […] Not only the eggs, but the larvæ, themselves a disagreeable-looking worm, are used as food under the name of puxi.
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