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If you close your eyes, you might forget you're eating insects.

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MEXICO CITY -- If you close your eyes, you might forget you're eating insects.

The taste -- and even the texture -- are familiar. The crunch mixes with the citrus taste and a hint of chili seasoning. If you fixate on the baseball game, you might be convinced it's just another ballpark snack.

But the dehydrated grasshoppers within the plastic, four-ounce cup were harvested, processed and shipped from a specific region and a supplier more than 3,000 miles away.

To many, the insect might be a novelty - a quirky highlight for an Instagram story from a day at the ballpark.