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Cicadas - entomophagy
6:30 am
Tue June 14, 2011

Cicadas. Love 'em. Hate 'em. Eat 'em?

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These cicadas were collected at night, shortly after they emerged, while their bodies were still soft and white. They were then frozen for storage.
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Cicadas frying: Entomologist Chris Hartley sautés up some cicadas in butter and garlic.
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Cicada scampi. Bon appétit!
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Eating cicadas CH: Chris Hartley enjoys a bite of the cicada scampi he cooked up at the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House in Chesterfield.
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The little round black things? Those are eyes.
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St. Louis Public Radio reporter Véronique LaCapra eats cicadas. All in the name of science!
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