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Next time you travel overseas, seek out these local treats.

Join the Chinese in eating maggots, cicadas and scorpions. The Japanese prefer wasp pupae and bamboo caterpillars. Thailand is famous for its silk, but did you know that people there also eat silkworm pupae? Maybe you could try munching on mole crickets in the Philippines or slurping down sago palm weevil grubs in Indonesia. The truly brave can even try tarantulas in Cambodia and Venezuela!

Giant water bugs are a snack in Thailand.

Fried cicada

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