 The cuisine of the area is traditional Mexican cuisine adapted to the food products of the Querétaro semi-desert area.A number of cactus and succulent species are eaten including "Agave americana", the flowers of the yucca plant, garambullo ("Myrtillocactus geometrizans"), nopal and sotol ("Dasylirion texanum").Insects such as escamoles, tantarrias (an insect which lives in mesquite trees) and maguey worms (larvae) are also eaten.