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minus-squarewander1236@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 months agoThese guys have kind of ruined all the wild raspberries around me https://extension.umn.edu/yard-and-garden-insects/spotted-wing-drosophila
minus-squarerbos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoThey came here about 15 years ago and now all our wild blackberries have them. It’s fine as long as you wash and freeze the berries immediately after you get home. Else you get larvae.
minus-squarestray@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoWhat happens if you eat their eggs/babies? Is it fine and only gross to think about?
minus-squarewander1236@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoAs far as I know it’s safe to eat the larvae when they’re in the berries, but it sets off my OCD knowing they’re there
minus-squarezeppo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoOh no, that sucks. I was up there in northern Wisconsin about 15 to 20 years ago. Sometimes I would see bugs on berries, but not often.
These guys have kind of ruined all the wild raspberries around me https://extension.umn.edu/yard-and-garden-insects/spotted-wing-drosophila
They came here about 15 years ago and now all our wild blackberries have them.
It’s fine as long as you wash and freeze the berries immediately after you get home. Else you get larvae.
Sorry guys
What happens if you eat their eggs/babies? Is it fine and only gross to think about?
As far as I know it’s safe to eat the larvae when they’re in the berries, but it sets off my OCD knowing they’re there
Oh no, that sucks. I was up there in northern Wisconsin about 15 to 20 years ago. Sometimes I would see bugs on berries, but not often.