🍓 White Wiggling Things in Berries After a Salt Water Soak — Should You Throw Them Away?

 

 Introduction

 

If you’ve soaked fresh berries in salt water and noticed tiny white, wiggling worms coming out, it can be shocking.

But this situation is more common than many people realize.

The small creatures are usually fruit fly larvae that sometimes develop inside soft fruits.

🐛 What Are Those Tiny White Worms?

In many cases, the worms are larvae from the Spotted Wing Drosophila, a type of fruit fly that lays eggs inside ripe fruits like strawberries,