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To: djf
As an entomologist, I can only comment on the bugs you may find on the weeds.

Do not eat anything that is yellow, red or black.

Most green bugs are ok because they are green because of just eating plant material. The white stuff inside the bugs is either fat or eggs.

Stay away from the legs and wings as they can make a log jam in your intestines.

Remember, you do not have a chitinase, which is the enzyme required to break down the outer shell chitin. Some diet stuff has chitin in it as it will not break down inside a human.

I'm sticking with chocolate and Dr. Thunder.

12 posted on 02/14/2009 10:12:29 AM PST by Battle Axe (Repent for the coming of the Lord is nigh!)
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To: Battle Axe
As an entomologist, I can only comment on the bugs you may find on the weeds.

So what you are warning me about is that when I'm on my hands and knees in the garden this summer, don't eat ALL the bugs i come across but be selective..........good advice, thanks. LOL!

19 posted on 02/14/2009 10:18:41 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (Welcome to Detroit, the Renaissance city......)
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To: Battle Axe

>As an entomologist, I can only comment on the bugs you may find on the weeds.
Do not eat anything that is yellow, red or black.

Most green bugs are ok because they are green because of just eating plant material. The white stuff inside the bugs is either fat or eggs.<

Oh, great, just great. Now I have a childhood song stuck in my head:

“Johnny ate a sponge cake with a green worm on top
A green worm, a fuzzy worm
A great big fat juicy worm!

Johnny ate a sponge cake with a green worm on top!”


38 posted on 02/14/2009 10:33:56 AM PST by Darnright (A penny saved is a government oversight)
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66 posted on 02/14/2009 11:03:53 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: Battle Axe
Most green bugs are ok ...

A few years ago I would have thought this thread a little nutty. Now I know I'll be checking back. By the way, what's the problem with yellow, red and black bugs? Do they taste bad or are they dangerous to eat? And what's Dr. Thunder?

75 posted on 02/14/2009 11:11:38 AM PST by GOPJ (What's caused 19 deaths, makes travel difficult, and won't melt til April? Global Warming.FR:Dentist)
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To: Battle Axe

So what are the recipies for ants, and flys?

I shouldn’t eat bees?


150 posted on 02/14/2009 3:00:14 PM PST by fanfan
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