Pests Your Thanksgiving Turkey Might Eat
Thanksgiving Turkey
The turkey has been a staple of Thanksgiving since the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Natives ate it for their first Thanksgiving in 1621. Thanksgiving is colloquially called “Turkey Day” since turkey is the most common main dish of the holiday.
This year alone, American turkey growers have raised 270 million turkeys; which will correspond to the five billion pounds of turkey Americans will eat this Thanksgiving. That’s a lot of turkey!
While Americans love eating their turkey for Thanksgiving, turkeys equally love eating all sorts of bugs. Turkey’s raised on farms traditionally eat corn and seeds, but wild turkeys love eating insects and other creepy crawlies in order to get much needed protein. Some may even consider enlisting a turkey for scorpion control. (Have it your way, bugs or bird poop. Or call a professional.)
But really, as a bug guy, the whole turkey dinner thing got me thinking:
What would a turkey’s dinner look like on Thanksgiving?
Appetizer
A rustic arrangement of escargot featuring the Leopard Snail
Salad Course
A lovely Flowering Dogwood salad tossed with North American Millipedes
Main Entrée
A large assortment of raw Grasshoppers, Field Crickets, and Black Carpenter Ants, served with a side of Wolf Spiders, and generously garnished with Dandelion.
Dessert
A delectable Earthworm Mud Pie sprinkled with Chiggers.
For Bulwark’s complete list of what turkeys eat, click here.
Happy Thanksgiving!
With Thanksgiving fast approaching, and the holiday season is in full swing, Bulwark Pest Control would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! No matter what your plans are or where you’ll be, there are many things to be thankful for. Take some time this week and reflect on all of your many blessings. Watch a lot of football, enjoy the company of your loved ones, and eat way too much pie. Have a Happy Turkey Day!
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