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NightMite t1_iueigos wrote on October 30, 2022 at 6:48 PM

Most times the eggs of the fruit flys are on / in the fruit. Leave it too long and the eggs will hatch and you will get flys. These are harmless and fine to eat, infact you have probably eaten hundreds of fruit fly eggs in your life.

-HyperSquirrel- t1_iuej0y6 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 6:52 PM

I didn't need to know this..

ouyin2000 t1_iuekypx wrote on October 30, 2022 at 7:04 PM

Wait until you learn about eyelash mites.

ShyVoodoo t1_iuequva wrote on October 30, 2022 at 7:43 PM

I just forgot about those…. Why would you do that

Pika256 t1_iuevilx wrote on October 30, 2022 at 8:14 PM

Thanks, I hate it.

J_Zephyr t1_iueopwo wrote on October 30, 2022 at 7:29 PM

Or consider this, you have eaten many bugs and you're still alive. Hunter-gatherers can survive on bugs and they're fine.

Show them whose on top of the foodchain (and rinse your food).

A_verylong_username t1_iuejzfz wrote on October 30, 2022 at 6:58 PM

Oh great I will no longer be eating fruit

sonofabutch t1_iuen9oa wrote on October 30, 2022 at 7:20 PM

Luckily most people don’t eat banana peels. Other fruit… wash it!

frivus t1_iuens3w wrote on October 30, 2022 at 7:23 PM

*hundreds of thousands (ftfy)

Cautious_Guess_6026 OP t1_iuel380 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 7:05 PM

Thank you did not realize this. Does washing your fruit not rinse them off?

thegeneraldisarray t1_iuesa5a wrote on October 30, 2022 at 7:52 PM

I was curious too so here is an answer (yes!): https://www.leaf.tv/7616359/how-to-wash-banana-melon-skins-to-get-rid-of-fruit-fly-eggs/

Cautious-Bee4499 t1_iuenqup wrote on October 30, 2022 at 7:23 PM

Nothing wrong with the both of us being too cautious.