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  • Larry Peterman, founder of the HotLix candy company, which specializes in insect novelties, pictured here in the candy store at the his factory in Pismo Beach, California, United States. (Man Eating Bugs page 178,179)
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  • Cricket Lick-It candies, made by pouring sugar free créme de menthe syrup over crickets, are one of many insect based candy novelties produced by California's HotLix candy company, Pismo Beach, California, United States. (Man Eating Bugs pages 182,183)
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  • Workers at the California based HotLix candy company pour hot apple flavored syrup over molds containing mealworms to produce Worm-in-Apple suckers, Pismo Beach, California, United States. (Man Eating Bugs page 181 Top)
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  • Cricket Lick-It, a real insect suspended in a sugar-free, créme de menthe-flavored lollipop, made by the HotLix candy company, which specializes in insect novelties, Pismo Beach, California, United States. (Man Eating Bugs page 7 Lower Middle Left. See also pages 182-183)
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  • A cricket suspended in a sugar free, créme de menthe-flavored lollipop from HotLix candy company, which specializes in novelty candy. Pismo Beach, California. (Man Eating Bugs page 176, Inset)
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  • A candy-coated scorpion called an InsectNside, one of many insect based candy novelties produced by California's HotLix candy company, Pismo Beach, California, United States. (Man Eating Bugs page 181 Bottom)
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  • A chocolate-covered scorpion, freshly dipped, is one of many insect-based candy novelties produced by California's HotLix candy company, Pismo Beach, California, United States. (Man Eating Bugs page 180 Bottom)
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  • A mealworm covered caramel apple is one of the many insect-based novelty sweets made by the Hotlix Candy Company, Pismo Beach, California. (Man Eating Bugs page 192).
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  • Mealworm covered caramel apples is one of the many insect-based novelty sweets made by the Hotlix Candy Company, Pismo Beach, California. (Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects)
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  • Eric Pihl, 8, of Napa, California, looks at a candied apple covered with dried mealworms from Hotlix Candy Factory, Pismo Beach, California. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Eric Pihl, 8, of Napa, California, is amazed to see a candied apple covered with dried meal worms from Hotlix Candy Factory, Pismo Beach, California. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Eric Pihl, 8, of Napa, California, looks at a candied apple covered with dried mealworms from Hotlix Candy Factory, Pismo Beach, California. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Safiya Carter-Thompson, 12, and two friends, Josh Olson and Alex Baker-Lubin, both 11, at an insect cooking lesson put on by entomologist Leslie Saul of the San Francisco Insect Zoo and her husband Norman Gershenz. On the menu: chocolate-chip mealworm cookies and cricket frittata. Berkeley, California, United States. (Man Eating Bugs page 184)
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  • Safiya Carter-Thompson, 12, puckers up a bit after trying a chocolate-chip mealworm cookie. Berkeley, California, United States. (Man Eating Bugs page 185)
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  • Russ Bassett and his father Dale who share a family business of raising crickets and mealworms, called Basset's Cricket Ranch. The insects they raise are used mostly for bait and pet shops (lizard food) but they do occasionally  supply the HotLix Candy Company with its crickets and mealworms. Visalia, California, United States. (Man Eating Bugs page 180 Top)
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