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For those wondering why eat cicadas, or any bugs at all, one group of students is hoping to change mindsets on how Americans see cuisine as entomologists.
Initially working on crickets, Livingston switched up his studies to include Brood X, a group of periodical cicadas that emerge from the ground in 17-year cycles.
Currently, these insects have been popping up from the ground in various parts of the country, such as Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, New York and New Jersey. The last time residents witnessed this group was in 2004.
Although rather large and noisy, the Brood X bugs are completely harmless to humans, feast on tree sap and play an important role in the environment. These insects drink tree sap from deep underground, bringing nutrients back to the surface and aerating the soil as they come up from the ground. The (cicada) strategy is to overwhelm anything that could possibly eat it, said Princeton High School teacher, Mark Eastburn.
Want to eat a cicada? The N.J. high school students are going to do just that.
Posted May 18, 2021
An adult cicada rests after shedding its nymphal skin, on the bark of an an oak tree on the University of Maryland campus in College Park, Maryland. Trillions of cicadas are about to emerge from 15 states along the east coast. Scientists say Brood X is one of the biggest for these bugs which come out only once every 17 years.AP
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The Brood X cicadas have slowly started to emerge in Princeton, but copperhead snakes aren’t the only predators looking forward to eating them for a quick bite.
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