I found this bug burrowed into this orange I cut open. I’m feeling so grossed out.

    by TampontheBludThirsty

    49 Comments

    1. I wonder what happened. Was it a parasitic wasp that got stuck trying to pupate? should have cut it out and looked!

    2. christopher_mtrl on

      Now, it’s very important that you don’t think about all the orange juice you’ve consumed in your life.

    3. I typically peel my oranges and eat the slices whole… Maybe I should start cutting them.

    4. Enjoy it while you can because oranges are going to be extinct due to a virus that chokes the citrus trees.

    5. vegaslocal46582 on

      I bit into a strawberry once that had a dead bee inside of it. Scarred me for life, to this day I always bite strawberries very carefully.

    6. You know what’s grosser than finding a worm in your apple?

      Finding half of one after biting into it.

    7. TheGodEmperorOfChaos on

      In some rare instances, a fruit fly larva may pupate inside the orange and emerge as a full-grown fly before the fruit is harvested or cut. If the orange remains intact and unspoiled, the fly could be trapped inside until the fruit is opened. This is more common in organic or home grown fruit, since they are less treated with pesticides.

      You should discard the orange. Even if the fly is dead, its presence suggests internal contamination and possible bacterial growth.

    8. anengineerandacat on

      Just gross because you know, the average person eats plenty of bugs while they sleep.

    9. 33 years later I remember everything about the time I ate half a price club muffin only to notice a live beetle in the other half. PC gave me coupons for like 200 free muffins. As if I was ever touching another of their muffins.

    10. Do you have any other photos of it? I’m not convinced that’s a bug from the photo. I’ve seen lots of spoiled oranges that were black/blue. And MANY bugs as a professional entomologist.

    11. This just happened to me at work like two weeks ago. I said the other half of the orange was still good but coworker forced me to throw it away lol.

    12. Next time you drink orange juice and bite down on a pulp? It might have been a fly. 

      Just remember that fact every time you drink orange juice.

    13. Loud-Illustrator-131 on

      That’s the one thing you have to understand we’re not the only one that eat those

    14. SlightAnnoyance on

      Imagine how the bug feels. Just trying to get a little quiet alone time in the citris sauna, and OP just barges right in.

    15. A few weeks ago I had got a bag of corn from costco. So it has the husks on you cant see shit. The first one I opened a massive live white larvae of some sort fall out. It looked like a giant maggot. Probably a caterpillar tho. 

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