Chinese citizens urged to ‘eat a bug and save a tree’ as summer cicada glut threatens greenery

South China Morning Post ^ | July 11, 2018 | Sidney Leng

[piytar]

We have those around here, too. Scary looking critters. Pretty much harmless to humans, though.

[DariusBane]

I thought the adage was “eat a beaver, save your wood”.

[Deaf Smith]

Cicada Killers are fun to watch while drinking beer on the back porch...

They dig a hole, grab a cicada and try to stuff in a hole too small.

Place to the side, dig out wider hole and repeat process until the cicada fits...

Dig a new hole and begin again.

[stevio]

That looks like shrimp to me.

[Pelham]

don’t spoil the story

[Slyfox]

My brother-in-law from California came for a visit to Texas. He got out of the car and got this puzzled look on his face as he heard the cicadas and said:

"That sounds like maracas."

[CrazyIvan]

Eatin bugs in the afternoon with cicadas up in my bedroom?

I got up to wash my face, all that was left was a carapace.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Tastes like chi... I wonder what the texture is like.

Those Asians are so genius with sauces. This is why.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

We should invite the Chinese to eat our “bugs”, Democrats. They’d never have any hunger again. Diarrhea maybe, but not hunger.

[LYDIAONTARIO]

LOL!

[twyn1]

It was eons ago — late 70’s -early 80’s

[Pelham]

Earlier than that for me... I remember Wallace when he was skinny....