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So like, do you have to de-shell them or do you just eat them exoskeleton and all? Given that their diet is fresh sap and xylem water, they seem like pretty clean little bugs to eat. I'd try it.
I feel like this is what needs to be stated when talking about eating bugs. If you're giving me bugs that eat what amounts to sugar water then I'm much less concerned about bug poop.
Texture seems important too, and the thought of a sap eating bug that has a similar texture to shrimp... Doesn't sound all that bad. I'm honestly half tempted to try to test it when they emerge.
Seems like there's a fungus that's known to eat their ass, but as long as they're free of that it seems fair game.
Where can I find this fungus?
In its ass
it says 'soft shelled', with crab that means they are in a stage where their exoskeleton is there but hasn't firmed up yet. You eat them with the soft exoskeleton so no shelling.
Wouldnt shelling leave a gooey blob anyway?
Yeah how do you get a cicada out of its shell and still have something that is meaningfully a cicada?
Very gingerly i would think
Maybe remove it after cooking? How would they get to shrimp-like texture otherwise?
Unless they mean shrimp-like with the shell still on, which is silly.
Go ahead and eat them how you want to i'm just gonna sit here and not ;)