Prices go up for stink bug dish in Guangzhou

A stink bug, known for eating the flower buds of popular fruits in South China's Lingnan, has recently become an expensive delicacy in Guangdong province - a province long known for its delicious Cantonese fare.

The bug is mainly found on the litchi and longan trees in Guangdong. Locals find the bug dish a novelty, not only for its fragrance and crispiness, but also because they dare to eat something that has never been tried before.

The litchi stink bugs can now cost up to 900 yuan ($134) a kilogram in many local farm restaurants in the cities of Guangzhou, Dongguan and Shenzhen - areas which are major production bases of litchi and longan.