By: Janet McConnaughey, Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS, IL (AP).- The Audubon Insectarium’s Thanksgiving turkey has a lot more legs than usual, but they’re all in the stuffing. During Thanksgiving week, the cornbread stuffing at the “Bug Appetit” kitchen will be studded with mealworms — beetle larvae more often used as fishbait or reptile treats. It’s part of seasonal fare to be served at a spot where creepy crawlies are always on the menu. Most of the year, you’ll find the mealworms in salsa, along with such delicacies as deep-fried, spiced or sugared waxworms — wax moth caterpillars — and crickets in cream cheese spread or “chocolate chirp cookies.” Insectarium employees work at a stove and counter in full view of patrons, and anyone brave enough can have a taste. “We don’t make them all every day. Some things keep for