Here's why:
* Fruit is their primary food source: Blue and yellow macaws in the wild spend their days eating a variety of fruits, seeds, and nuts. These provide the necessary nutrients and energy for their active lifestyle.
* Insects are a supplement: While they might occasionally eat insects, it's usually more opportunistic, like finding a tasty grub while foraging. It's not a consistent part of their diet.
* Domesticated macaws: Pet macaws are often fed a diet of commercial pellets, seeds, and fruits. Insects are rarely given as food.
So, while a blue and yellow macaw might *occasionally* eat a bug, they are definitely not bug eaters!