Support WBURYour Ancestors Probably Ate Insects. So What's Bugging You?Paul ChisholmJuly 16, 2018 ShareTourists eat fried insects, including locusts, bamboo worms, dragonfly larvae, silkworm chrysalises and more during a competition in Lijiang, China. For Westerners, eating insects means getting over the ick factor. (Getty Images)