wing drosophila. These insects can lay their eggs in ripe or ripening fruit, unlike many other fruit flies that tend to prefer overripe produce.
Because of this, even strawberries that look perfectly fresh on the outside may contain tiny eggs that later hatch into larvae.
While the idea of insects inside your fruit may sound alarming, it is actually more common than many people realize. Fruits grown outdoors are naturally exposed to insects, and completely avoiding contact with insects is difficult.
In many cases, accidentally consuming small fruit-fly larvae is
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