Arbutus crawling out of the little white worm? Fruit fly larvae are not actually harmless to humans

If you put the freshly bought bayberry into the basin, and then pour water into the basin to cover all the bayberry, then pour the salt into the basin, soak the bayberry in salt water for about 20 minutes, then carefully observe, sometimes you will see white worms crawling out. So, what exactly are these little white worms? Why are there little white worms in the bayberry? Can the arbutus with small white insects still eat?

Can arbutus with small white insects be eaten? (Image source: Farmer's Daily)

Bayberry fruit taste is moderately sweet and sour, delicious taste, but also can quench thirst, and stomach digestion, loved by many people, but after soaking bayberry will see small white insects, can not help but make people frightened. So, what exactly are these little bugs? According to farmers' daily, the little white insects hidden in the bayberry are actually the larvae of fruit flies. Generally during the breeding season, fruit flies are attracted to the sweet and sweet smell of bayberry and thus lay eggs on the surface of bayberry. From the time the fruit fly larvae are born to the time they grow up, they will always be in the bayberry, feeding on the flesh of the bayberry, so it is basically unpolluted. After naturally growing up, the fruit flies also fly away.

Since fruit flies are not contaminated in bayberry, is there any harm to the human body? Luo Peng, a professor at the Ecology Center of the Chengdu Institute of Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said in an interview with China Economic Network, "Fruit flies are a widely distributed insect, and at least 1,000 species of fruit flies have been found, and fruits with high sugar content such as cherries, grapes, and watermelons, as well as berries such as bayberry, blueberries, and strawberries, this larvae can be found." But there is no current study to prove that this larvae are harmful to humans. ”

Since there is no research to prove that fruit fly larvae are harmful to the human body, will eating bayberry with fruit fly larvae have an effect on the human body? Professor Cai Yuliang, chief expert of the modern cherry industry technology system in Shaanxi Province and executive director of the Cherry Branch of the Chinese Horticultural Society, said in an interview with Science and Technology Daily, "Plant protection scientists believe that the accidental consumption of fly eggs is not harmful to the human body. "However, as a commodity, the presence of fruit flies is still not allowed. "Farmer Daily" added that although the fruit fly larvae are harmless to the human body, it does not mean that all the arbutus of the long worm can eat, if the bayberry has corruption, discoloration, and sour taste, indicating that there is a problem with the bayberry, such a bayberry must not be eaten. (Tanli)

This paper was scientifically checked by He Li, a researcher at the Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

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