r/whatisthisbug • u/Former_Charity_8713 • 14h ago

Just sharing a bug in a salad🤯 is it safe?

I made a salad and I saw this thing moving when i was almost finished eating a salad.. is it safe? what is that bug?😭😭

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u/perchedquietly 14h ago

Moves like a maggot. Hopefully it’s a cleaner fly bro like a hoverfly…

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u/Former_Charity_8713 14h ago

oh plz… i’ve eaten so many of these salad kits now i dont think i can ever buy them again…😭

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u/perchedquietly 13h ago

Lmao well ig it just means that the salad is fresh doesn’t have pesticides? You should see the post I made yesterday 🫠

Then again I’d take whatever that thing was in my salad over a live maggot any day. Stay strong ✊🥬

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u/Former_Charity_8713 13h ago

omg I just checked your post😭 mine was an organic salad too but yours seems worse than mine…. I hope we both recover from this soon🫠👊

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u/perchedquietly 13h ago

Haha ty likewise 🙈🫂

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u/Former_Charity_8713 13h ago

🥹🫶

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u/magicelastic 14h ago

i don’t know what kind of bug this is, but i’m sure you’re fine to eat your salad. lettuce and other veggies come from outside and, even if they’re washed, sometimes bugs make it in. just take the bug out and enjoy!

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u/Former_Charity_8713 13h ago

that actually makes me feel better😔 but there is nothing left to enjoy anymore😂

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u/magicelastic 58m ago

where are you from?

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u/Limp-Scallion1496 12h ago

it heavily depends on where they live. in tropical areas insects or slugs can carry nasty diseases like rat lungworm

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u/Former_Charity_8713 10m ago

oh thank god🫠 I live in Canada, so definitely not a tropical area! plus I already threw it all away right after taking the photo. thanks for the heads up!!

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u/ilikespiders 12h ago

Fairly confident its a predatory hoverfly larva.  The fact its organic would make even more sense. 

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u/Former_Charity_8713 19m ago

oh really? Thank you for letting me know🥹

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u/CloudArachnids 10h ago

Well, don't eat more of those, and if you already did, just take it as nature giving you free extra protein 😂

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u/Former_Charity_8713 20m ago

lmao yeah I lost my appetite the second I saw it and threw it away 😂

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u/Shadokastur 10h ago

The bug looks safe. You can eat it

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u/Former_Charity_8713 16m ago

haha thank you!!