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Wtf is living in my blackberries (with pic)

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netflixcrazy · 27/02/2019 17:29

Tiny little wiggly brown things literally only mm long. I put the blackberries in a cup of water after my dd spotted one and they’ve now wriggled out. Apparently I’m a complete wimp at these kind of things...

Wtf is living in my blackberries (with pic)
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KindergartenKop · 27/02/2019 19:45

Blackberries? It's February! Please tell me you live in Thailand or something?

Tolleshunt · 27/02/2019 19:46

Baby earwig?

Birdsgottafly · 27/02/2019 19:48

Standard insect that lives in blackberries.

You are supposed to always soak them to get rid of them.

If you don't normally soak, you've been eating them for years.

SherlocksDeerstalker · 27/02/2019 19:50

Yeah, they live in there. All wild blackberries have them. Either soak or suffocate them (in a Tupperware overnight). But if you’ve only just noticed, you’ve probably been eating them for years Grin

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netflixcrazy · 27/02/2019 22:14

@KindergartenKop Tesco’s blackberries. I wish they were freshly picked ones, probably less bugs on them !

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netflixcrazy · 27/02/2019 22:15

Omg I literally pluck them from a bush and eat them in the summer. To think of all these bugs I’ve eaten over the years Shock

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Hoosey · 27/02/2019 22:17

Woah woah woah there. Are there any other fruits that should be given more than a cursory rinse under the tap? I might turn into one of those bugs given how many of them I must have eaten over the years.

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netflixcrazy · 27/02/2019 22:18

Oh damn it I also threw away half the contents of my fridge, threw the water down the toilet I used to eventually get rid of the bugs on the blackberries and then bleached the toilet. I genuinely thought I’d had an invasion of weirdo fridge bugs or something. 🐛

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Jamhandprints · 27/02/2019 22:18

Gross isn't it. I only realised last year. Now I soak them in salt, then rinse.
It has taken the fun out of BlackBerry picking for my kids.

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netflixcrazy · 27/02/2019 22:20

@Jamhandprints it’s destroyed any love I had for them that is for sure. To be fair I’d already eaten a few and my dd had also put them all in her pasta while I turned my back and then she said mummy why is my dinner moving SadSad

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Jamhandprints · 28/02/2019 14:12

🤢

SapphireSeptember · 28/02/2019 14:42

I only noticed them last year from ones I'd bought, they freaked me out! I gave them to some kids I worked with on a bit of kitchen roll so they were visible.

So they live in all blackberries you say? I shall be soaking any I get in the future, although are raspberries and strawberries okay?

Tinty · 28/02/2019 14:57

To think of all these bugs I’ve eaten over the years Shock

Well they haven't killed you yet.

Surely you should only have a real problem with this, if you are a vegetarian, (or you are the bug) Grin

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