Cave Cricket (Ceuthophilus gracilipes)

[guppiecat]

Cave crickets don’t always hop along the cave floor.

In fact, if you ever go in a cave, it’s generally a good idea to look up as well as down.

Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.

Comments

[pameladean]

Wow, those are amazing. They look weirdly like shrimp.

P.

[guppiecat]

Interestingly, if you are allergic to shrimp, you can't eat energy bars made out of crickets.

[pameladean]

*eyes screen suspiciously* Is that true, or are you messing with me?

P.

[guppiecat]

It's true, though the cricket bar people downplay the risks: https://www.exoprotein.com/faq

[pameladean]

That is a pretty cavalier attitude for a food company to have.

P.

[nightshade1972.livejournal.com]

It honestly never occurred to me that "energy bars made out of crickets" were actually a thing. Learn something new every day.

:-)