This is a fruit tree insect from the family Ophiidae. It lives outside the core of bayberry for a long time and is "not harmful to the human body." However, from a hygienic point of view, it is best to soak it in salt water before eating.

The surface of bayberries with fruit flies will usually rot. But this kind of bayberry that looks fresh and intact is actually filled with many small bugs, which are actually a lepidopteran insect of the family Methidae.

Because bayberry is very nutritious and has no outer skin, it is particularly easy to attract all kinds of bugs. This kind of bugs from the family Methidae grow in the core of the bayberry before it matures. Therefore, people cannot see it with the naked eye, and cannot soak it in clean water. They can only use salt water to force the bugs out.

After the bayberries are picked from the tree, the fruits begin to die, and the reproduction rate of the insects accelerates. Therefore, sometimes you can see some small bugs flying above a pile of bayberries. This is what happens. A lepidopteran insect looks like after it emerges.

It is normal to have this kind of bug in bayberry, because bayberry has no peel. Once ripe, the sweet and fruity smell will attract many bugs. Many experts have said that this fruit tree insect is not very harmful. There is no clinical proof that it is toxic and people can eat it with confidence.

The purchased bayberries should be soaked in a higher concentration of salt water as soon as possible, rather than placed in the refrigerator first, because low temperature will cause the death of the insects, and the dead insects will not be soaked in salt water. Not coming out.