Villagers across the north are combining leisurely days by cool streams and waterfalls with the collection of dragonfly nymphs, used to make chilli paste or added to spicy kaeng som soup. While dragonfly nymphs and maeng taeb, a type of waterbug, can fetch hundreds of baht per kilo, most people collect it for private consumption as it may take up to a day to collect these bugs. Villagers use their