Hexamerin-like protein 2, a cricket allergen involved in occupational and food allergy.

Insects are increasingly being considered as occupational and food allergens. Occupational allergy to crickets may be triggered in factory workers who manufacture food for reptiles, in professionals who raise reptiles as pets or in the zoos, and in cooks who make culinary recipes with insects. Additionally, edible insects are gradually being included in the western diet.