NEW ORLEANS - The Audubon Insectarium's Thanksgiving turkey has a lot more legs than usual, but they're all in the stuffing. During Thanksgiving week, the cornbread stuffing at the "Bug Appetit" kitchen will be studded with mealworms - beetle larvae more often used as fishbait or reptile treats. It's part of seasonal fare to be served at a spot where creepy crawlies are always on the menu.
NEW ORLEANS - The Audubon Insectarium's Thanksgiving turkey had a lot more legs than usual this year, but they were all in the stuffing. During Thanksgiving week, the cornbread stuffing at the "Bug Appetit" kitchen was studded with mealworms - beetle larvae more often used as fishbait or reptile treats. It's part of seasonal fare served at a spot where creepy crawlies always are on the menu.
By Janet McConnaughey The Associated Press
The Downtown Development District has a secret weapon in its plan to revitalize Canal Street -- bugs. Thousands of them. Cockroaches, mosquitoes, giant beetles, leaf-cutting ants, millipedes, butterflies and termites are key players in the DDD's plan to bring Canal Street back to its old glory and into the 21st century.
NEW ORLEANS - Ron Forman wants to change grown-ups' views of bugs and spiders from "ewww!" to "cool! After all, such critters clean the earth, pollinate plants and form a huge chunk of the food chain.
From the air, thanks to an architect's whimsy, it looks like a giant fly. But the real architectural design wonders of the Insectarium at Montreal's Botanical Garden are within. This unusual facility is both a zoo and museum of arthropod life: It contain insects, spiders, scorpions, and centipedes from all over the world. There are 4,000 creatures on display at the Insectarium - about 10 to 15 percent of them alive - and 140,000 more filed away in hundreds of pristine archival drawers, where they're accessible for scientific study.
Zack Lemann, visitor programs manager at the Audubon Insectarium, estimates some 10,000 crickets, wax worms and meal worms meet their demise each week at the mouths of visitors huddled in the Bug Appetite section of the venue's Tiny Termite Cafe. Here, the mostly novitiate entomaphages - the technical term for bug eaters - can sample such exotic treats as Six Legged Salsa, made with meal worms; Chocolate Chirp Cookies, containing crickets; and Red Beans and Yikes, the latter ingredient derived from the wax worms that stand in for more traditional rice.
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If You Go Audubon Insectarium: 423 Canal St. (U.S. Custom House), New Orleans; www.auduboninstitute.org or 800-774-7394. Open Tuesday- Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (closed Mondays). Adults, $15; children 2- 12, $10. Discount ticket packages available in combination with the Audubon Aquarium, Zoo and IMAX. News You can use NEW ORLEANS - Ron Forman wants to change grown-ups'views of bugs and spiders from "ewww!" to "cool!" After all, such critters clean the earth, pollinate plants and form a huge chunk of the food chain.
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