I used to believe that, if an insect landed on your food and you ate the food (even if the insect was gone), you would turn into that kind of insect.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- I used to wonder what kind of insect "uncles" were named after.
I had "Ants" figured out.— Kimberly in AZ - i use to belive if you eat to much of a food u will turn into that food Anon
- I use to believe that salt would cool food down while pepper would heat your foodAnon
- I used to believe when ordering Chinese food the food and delivery man came from China— Dave
- When I was younger I used to believe that if I ate too much of something I would turn into that food.— Genny R
- I thought when you got food poisoning it might someone had put poison in your food— Bootlebat