

If you drop in a few small pieces of cardboard or leaves, the crickets will hide under them instead of trying to escape. If you don’t have any fruit, a glow stick or light works almost as well (they’re attracted to it). You can trap them by cutting the top off of a plastic water bottle (an open Nalgene works too), burying it in the ground, and dropping some over-ripe fruit in it.Their feet will get caught in the fibers a little, hopefully giving you enough time to pluck them off (or out of the air). Chase the hoppy little bugs onto the flannel/wool.If you happen to have a wool blanket or a flannel shirt, place it in the middle of a field or location where grasshoppers seem to be plentiful.The best container to put them in is something with a lid. Alternatively, hunt them in the early morning chill, when the cold-blooded critters are still sluggish. If you have to catch them by hand, they’re fast, so err on the side of overkill and grab the entire area of ground surrounding the cricket.

This is hopefully self-explanatory (chase them down and catch your dinner).

If you do decide to go wild, remember: They can carry nematodes, so remember to cook them before you eat them. Cricket powder is very high in protein, has similar baking properties to regular flour, and has a slightly nutty flavor.

If you want to try it without picking legs out of your teeth, you can try a store-bought food product called cricket powder, or cricket flour. Most types of grasshoppers and crickets are edible. Grasshoppers and crickets are extraordinarily protein-rich, and you can collect them pretty much anywhere.
