John the Baptist ate the pods of the locust tree, which is another name for the carob tree; he did not eat insects. My kids have eaten them in Hawaii, they’re sweetish and nutritious, but not something most people would want to live on. He was an ascetic in the wild of course and ate what was handy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locust_tree
“Locust” comes from the Latin locusta, meaning both “locust” (the insect) and “lobster”. By analogy with a levantine use of the Greek word for the insect, akris, for the pods of the carob tree which supposedly resembled it, the pod-bearing North American tree was called “locust” starting in the 1630s.[1]
Well, people over there do eat locusts.
Some are edible and kosher.
Post-modern revisionist history.
Modern man trying to make Scripture more palatable (pun intended) for those not yet taught.
https://biblehub.com/text/mark/1-6.htm
Mark 1:6 John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 1:6 Greek NT: Nestle 1904
καὶ ἦν ὁ Ἰωάνης ἐνδεδυμένος τρίχας καμήλου καὶ ζώνην δερματίνην περὶ τὴν ὀσφὺν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσθων ἀκρίδας καὶ μέλι ἄγριον.
Akridas means cricket or locust.
Strongs Greek Lexicon; Original Word: κεράτιον, ου, τό = keration: a carob pod.