Q&A: Meet the bug that tastes 'like quinine with habanero'

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Jan 24, 2023, 5:36 pm302 pts
What is velvety, red, pea-sized and can be seen scurrying across the ground in the desert Southwest after a torrential rainstorm? If you have no clue, you're not alone. According to Justin Schmidt, an adjunct scientist with the University of Arizona Department of Entomology, giant velvet mites are such elusive…

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