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Visitors enjoy bug-based dishes at event sponsored by Chicago's Field Museum
While there were no cicadas, a tostada with grasshoppers was among the items on the menu at the Bug Bites dinner at Big Star West Town.
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While there were no cicadas, a tostada with grasshoppers was among the items on the menu at the Bug Bites dinner at Big Star West Town.
The "Bug Bites" event was inspired by the 17-year periodical cicada emergence across the Chicago area this spring and summer.
Field Museum collections assistant Jim Louderman tells CBS 2 all about the bugs that could be observed, and even eaten, at Big Star West Town Tuesday night -- as well as why people should enjoy their time with the 17-year cicada this year.
Field Museum collections assistant Jim Louderman plays with a tarantula at the Field Museum Bug Bites event at Big Star West Town.
Cicadas were not to be on the menu, but other insect-based dishes were, at Big Star West Town.
Queer Botany: flowers and their connection to the LGBTQ+ community kicked off the field museum's Pride celebrations on Friday. Lead conservation ecologist Aster Hasle led the discussion, covering topics from the cultural significance of flowers to an overlap of terminology used by botanists and the LGBTQ+ community.
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They posted a graphic on Facebook stacking cicadas up with a bunch of other noisemakers.
Scientists at the Field Museum will study its DNA to figure out why a tiny number of cicadas have blue or white eyes.
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