Banana pests
May 4, 2015 4:02 AM Subscribe
Can you help me identify these flat white bugs on my bananas? Google gives me a wide range of food pests, but nothing that looks like these critters.
I assume they're harmless, so can I just wash them off with water and go about my banana-eating way? I bought these bananas at a street market, and I'm pretty sure they're South American (as opposed to Canarian) because of their size. I also bought a lot of other fruit that I carried home in the same bag, but it doesn't look like the bugs have tried to move house.
Thank you, amateur (or professional, who knows) entymologists of Mefi!
I assume they're harmless, so can I just wash them off with water and go about my banana-eating way? I bought these bananas at a street market, and I'm pretty sure they're South American (as opposed to Canarian) because of their size. I also bought a lot of other fruit that I carried home in the same bag, but it doesn't look like the bugs have tried to move house.
Thank you, amateur (or professional, who knows) entymologists of Mefi!
Response by poster: Got it in one! The bananas have been sitting in the kitchen sink since I took them out of the bag this morning, so I think we're ok.
posted by lollymccatburglar at 4:24 AM on May 4, 2015
posted by lollymccatburglar at 4:24 AM on May 4, 2015
Ugh, get rid of those, especially if you have a garden.
posted by resurrexit at 7:31 AM on May 4, 2015
posted by resurrexit at 7:31 AM on May 4, 2015
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posted by peagood at 4:14 AM on May 4, 2015