The splay-footed cricket is one of the biggest, most scary-looking insects, and it's been that way for a long, long time. A fossil recently uncovered in ...

For decades, crickets and other insects have been raised on farms as bait for anglers and feed for pet reptiles. ... they’re looking for maybe 300 tons a year,” Bachhuber says.

Insect-based protein is a low-cost, eco-friendly alternative for supplying a nutrient the world needs—but even that's not ...

They buzz, they crawl, and for billions of people around the world — they’re dinner. While edible insects might sound like a novelty (or a dare) in some cultures, they’ve long been a reliable, ...

I try not to spend too much time looking into the pouches. It's a massacre in there. All of us eat more crickets than I expect, reaching into the pouches for another helping and getting cricket ...

What do mole crickets look like? The mole cricket is a large, brown insect that typically ranges from 1 to 1¾ inches long. The mole cricket’s long forelegs are its most distinctive physical trait.

With one eye on the lucrative Chinese market just across the border, an entrepreneur has launched Kyrgyzstan's first cricket farm and is producing high-protein insect flour and fried cricket snacks.

HiSo snacks unabashedly proclaim what they are: the bamboo worms look like bamboo worms; the crickets look like crickets. The line also includes crispy silkworms.

For many, the idea of eating insects is a challenging notion, which is partially why cricket flour — made by milling whole crickets into a coarse or fine powder — is serving as a gateway ...

Spider crickets are wingless insects with humped backs and long antennae. They have six legs, including four smaller front legs and two enormous hind legs. They can grow to be up to 1 inch long.

Mole crickets cause damage in turfgrass by tunneling through the soil and feeding on the plant roots, stems, and leaves.