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Insects

Würchwitzer Mite Cheese

You'll love it almost as much as the critters clinging to the rind.

These caterpillars have been cooked with chilis.

Mopane Worms

Depending on how they're prepared, these caterpillars can taste like everything from tea to a well-done steak.

Red Tree Ants With Beef and Spicy Basil

Dine for a cause with this mammal and insect mélange.

Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn Taxidermy

At this hidden studio, the dying art of taxidermy is alive and well.

Glowworms in Waipu Cave

Waipu, New Zealand

Waipu Caves

A galaxy of glowworms—larvae of a gnat—hides deep in the belly of these caves.

A honeypot ant in Arizona.

Honeypot Ants

These insects swell with sweet, golden nectar.

<em>Ophiocordyceps</em> growing from an ant on a thin branch.

Climate Change Made Zombie Ants Even More Cunning

Your move, Hollywood.

Matt Simon June 4, 2018

Witchetty Grubs

In the Australian desert, the roots of the witchetty bush hold a savory treat.

Ugali with Termites

Kenya's classic corn porridge becomes the ideal pairing for crunchy, roasted insects.

Chicatanas

The seasonal treat that descends from the sky in swarms.

Alkermes

Once an insect-dyed health tonic, this liqueur now adds a scarlet tint to Italian pastries.

Helensburgh, Australia

Glowworm Tunnel

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

Tarantula Samosa

Tucked inside a flaky crust are layers of feta, spinach, and black, hairy legs.

Rolls of dressed fiber, South Manchester, Connecticut, 1914.

How Connecticut's Homegrown Silk Industry Unraveled

The problems began with a new variety of mulberry and ended with lumpy thread.

Taryn Skinner April 19, 2018

Grasshopper Chapel and grounds.

Cold Spring, Minnesota

Grasshopper Chapel

After four years of grasshopper plagues, this chapel was erected as a plea to God to make them end.

A central Pomo woman with army worms in Ukiah Valley, California, c. 1904.

Why Eating Insects Is an American Tradition

Both Native Americans and colonists enjoyed fried cicadas, grasshopper flour, and insect fruitcakes.

Mark Hay April 2, 2018

Cooking with big-bottomed ants.

Big-Bottomed Ants

Catch these fiercely guarded queens for a crunchy, caviar-flavored snack.

So many species, each with a name.

The Beautiful Complexity of Naming Every Living Thing

After two centuries of binomial nomenclature, scientists are nowhere close to running out of things to document.

Jessica Leigh Hester March 22, 2018