Insect consumption is not common in "western culture;" a roughly defined shared value system of Europeans and those in countries that Europeans colonized and continually influenced. One suggestion is that with the spread of agriculture, insects became viewed as pests and generally detested. However, across the continents, some people collect insects from agricultural fields for the benefit of not only pest management but also the harvest of nutrient-dense insects as food. This practice is especially used to collect grasshoppers which may serve the additional benefit of keeping grasshopper numbers low and aiding in the prevention of the density-dependent phenotypic shift to swarming locusts. For instance, the book of Leviticus in the Old Testament specifically identifies these kinds of insects as consumable: "Of them you may eat: the locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, and the grasshopper of any kind. But all other winged insects that have four feet are detestable to you." This guidance could be a response to the plague of locusts described in the previous book, Exodus. In this talk we will explore the cultural use of grasshoppers and locusts as food around the world, past and present, through the lens of pest management, swarm prevention, as well as nutritional offerings.