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Finally, you’ll want to capture them either when they first emerge or when they’ve just molted and are still soft, rather than after they harden and darken into virtual inedibility.

From Slate • May 23, 2016

Doesn't she realize it's supposed to be hard-boiled to the point of inedibility?

From Time Magazine Archive

Ladybirds are often brightly marked with spots and dashes, their coloration being commonly regarded as an advertisement of inedibility.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various

In some instances the inedibility of the larvae extends to the perfect insect, but not in others.

From Darwinism (1889) by Wallace, Alfred Russel

Among the creatures which probably have warning colours as a sign of inedibility are, the brilliantly coloured nudibranchiate molluscs, those curious annelids the Nereis and the Aphrodite or sea-mouse, and many other marine animals.

From Darwinism (1889) by Wallace, Alfred Russel