I spent several hours last week picking blackberries in our local park (above the dog pee line!) and other parts of my nieghborhood. Got them washed, mashed, measured and in a pot to make jam only to find the entire pot swimming with some kind of larvae! I ended up tossing the whole batch in the compost bin and bought berries at a stand today. I didn’t pick any berries up off the ground and, fortunately, only ate two! Yuck! A friend suggested I just consider it extra protein.

Im having the same problem at the moment...everything is measured out and sitting on the counter and I cant make it becuase of these tiny white larvae...sooo gross.. what are they???