Abstract: As called bamboo insect, Chilo fuscidentalis of Pyralidae usually hosts on bamboo of Gigantochloa.There is one generation every year.The larva emerge from Oct. to next Feb.There are rich protein,amino acid,fatty acid, micro-elements,vitamins and other nutritious elements in this milky white larva.The amount of protein is 30%～40%, the amount of amino acid is 29.90%, the amount of fat is 60.42%, the amount of unsaturated fatty acids is 55.9%.It is nutritious and delicious after being fried and fried deeply.As one kind of edible insect,the bamboo insect has good prospects of development and utilization because of it is nutritious.This insect resource is rich amount and easy to obtain.The host bamboo is rich in quantity and easy to culture.But in developing bamboo insect,it is necessary to protect this resource while using it.The resources of bamboo insect can be utilized properly only by the method of combining use with protection.