Is it ok to drink a glass of wine that had a fruit fly dive in? (lemmy.world)

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I think the difference is that normal flies are much more likely to have walked on dead things and shit. Wasn't there also something that they actually spit on your food to distribute bacteria so their eggs have a better rotting environment to maggot around in after they hatch?

this post was submitted on 22 Dec 2023

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