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a tiktok video has gone viral after s howing tiny worms coming out of strawberries once they’re washed with saltwater. other people have been picking up the trend to see if it actually works by washing their strawberries for 30 mins to find little worms emerging afterwards. believe it or not, it’s actually more normal than you think.
strawberry and small fruit crop entomologist sriyanka lahiri, phd, an assistant professor at the university of florida, told health that the worms are actually the maggots of a fly that’s called the spotted wing drosophila (swd). “it’s an invasive species from east asia that infests berry crops and has been in the usa since 2008,†said lahiri.
most berries can be attractive for swd flies to lay their eggs , but this doesn’t mean all are.
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insect infestation to a degree can be impossible to get rid of for most vegetable and fruit producers. even the food and drug administration has contamination guidelines citing how many bugs are allowed to be inside foods.