Our very own Professor May Berenbaum and PhD student Michelle Duennes were featured in a recent Daily Illini article regarding IB 109: Insects and People, where as part of the class, the students enjoy a “bug buffet.”

From the article…

“While many cringe at the idea of eating bugs, which is called “entomophagy,” this practice is widely accepted in many countries around the world. For students enrolled in Professor May Berenbaum’s Integrative Biology 109 course, “Insects and People,” eating insects during the course’s bug buffet lab is anything but accidental.” 

Read on here.

Photo courtesy Anna Hecht via The Daily Illini