Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #176 of 613
Not to eat insects that breed on land
שלא לאכול שרץ הארץ
The verse · Vayikra 11:41
וְכׇל־הַשֶּׁרֶץ הַשֹּׁרֵץ עַל־הָאָרֶץ שֶׁקֶץ הוּא לֹא יֵאָכֵל
“And every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth shall be held abominable; it shall not be eaten.”
The Rambam’s words
Not to eat insects that breed on land, as [Leviticus 11:41] states: "Every insect that creeps upon the earth must be regarded as detestable. It may not be eaten."
שלא לאכול שרץ הארץ, שנאמר "וכל השרץ, השורץ על הארץ--שקץ הוא, לא ייאכל" (ויקרא יא,מא).
Why · Sefer HaChinuch #162
To not eat the swarming creature of the ground
“From the roots of the commandment, [we need to] preface [that] anyone who has intelligence will not have a doubt that there was never a man that grasped to know all wisdom to its end, that nothing of it be hidden from him.”
Who & when
“And [it] is practiced in every place and at all times by males and females.”
Where in the Mishneh Torah
Hilchot Forbidden Foods הלכות מאכלות אסורות