Don’t eat cicadas if you’re allergic to seafood, the FDA warns

All insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda, which refers to their “jointed appendages,” and so do shrimp, lobsters and crayfish, noted Jerome Grant, etymology professor at the University of Tennessee’s Institute of Agriculture. He said he is glad the FDA put out a warning. It’s similar to the ones he posts at his freshman class’s annual “Buggy Buffet,” when all manner of insects are served as a way of calling attention to how important (and delicious) a food source bugs can be.