A plate full of edible insects, including bee larvae, grasshoppers and a waterbug native to Thailand. Image courtesy of Sevda Eris/QUEST.
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Would you consider eating insects? What if food resources were scarce?
Introduction
Ask your friends or neighbors what they think about insects and you'll probably hear that they're gross or a nuisance or even scary. But tasty? Not a likely response. Eating insects is not something you see everyday in the Bay Area, or even the U.S., however in four out of five nations insects are a source of food and protein. There are 1.1 million known species of insects and 1,700 of these are eaten by cultures around the world.
