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Getting ahead on their dining allows these ravenous critters more wiggle room to find food sources in difficult conditions.

And birds. And lemurs. And bears. A mind-boggling number of bugs are consumed by the Zoo’s insectivores, or insect-eating animals, each week: 121,000 crickets, 150,000 mealworms and 17,000 ...

When periodical cicadas emerge, they’re consumed by just about anything that eats insects. Mammals and birds, amphibians and reptiles, and fish all eat cicadas — and benefit from the glut of them.

But will Americans ever see eating insects as more than a daring novelty? Experts say bugs are a climate-friendly and nutrient-rich alternative to typical animal proteins, but when it comes to ...