108: Butterball Beetles& Bugs on Your Plate - a podcast by Bugs Blood and Bones Podcast

from 2018-04-11T08:00

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If you were to conduct a random sampling of entomologists, you would find that there are a number of issues in which we firmly divide ourselves when it comes to important, life decisions. 


What are the best IPM methods?


Who is better: The Beatles or The Scorpions?


Would you be willing to host a bot fly in your body?  You know, for science.


And would you eat a bug?  And it's here that we land today.  So let's dig in, and get a taste of the history of insect eating.  Some pros, cons. and downright weird. 


 


Further Reading:


A Brief History of Entomophagy


The Natural History of Cheese Mites


7 Upscale Insect Dishes From Around the World


The 1903 Cheese Mites Film History


Cheese Mites Film


Nutritional Value of Insects from Around the World


 

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