That soup was the best stuff I have ever eaten in my life.
Scorpions were fried and not too bad... the silk worm coccoons were like eating a cotton ball, only more dry.
You gotta pull the wings off of the grasshopper because they burn in the cooking process... and leave a bad aftertaste...
Sounds like you are more Chinese than any other average Chinese. I bet you no more than 1 out of 10,000 Chinese dare to eat insects. Personally I hate to see people eating wild animals, which now is illegal in many parts of China. As for cruelty, you will know it if you try to eat monkey in Guangdong. If you try monkey soup, you will find a monkey hand appears in the bowl like a human baby hand. I believe the business is illegal now and goes underground.