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What would it be like to eat a bug that was about as large as a loaf of bread?
“What would it be like to eat a bug that was about as large as a loaf of bread? This question was inspired by a video game called Grounded, in which shrunken kids have to survive on a lawn, which … Continue reading
Posted in Culture
Tagged Anthropo-entomophagy, Anthropoentomophagy, catzos, chontacuros, crickets, Ecuador, Entomophagy, seafood, silkworms, waxworms
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What are Gnats? Are Gnats Flies?
I received this question from my learning community on Facebook called the SciHive! We deep dive into topics and I get some really insightful questions! And I even love these kinds of questions that really show the dichotomy between colloquial … Continue reading
Posted in Identification, Taxonomy
Tagged are gnats flies, brachycera, Diptera, Fly, fungus gnat, gnat, nematocera, what is a gnat
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If you’re allergic to the bugs you eat, can you become allergic to nuts?
Our question this week comes from the Nature Check discord. Nature Check is a project where we use games like D&D to talk about science, and you should totally check it out! In the food channel, we were talking about … Continue reading
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