Andrea Appleton

Freelance

Andrea Appleton is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in Al Jazeera America, Grist and High Country News, among others. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

Written by Andrea Appleton

A sushi piece with a beetle on top, served on a dark green leaf-shaped plate against a bamboo mat background.

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Insectophilia

In Japan, beetles are pets, grasshoppers a delicacy and fireflies are adored. Is the creepy-crawly a Western invention?

Andrea Appleton