Pick up and dispose of overripe or rotting berries rather than leaving them around the plants.
Keep the area clean. Good garden sanitation can reduce breeding opportunities.
Monitor your plants. Regularly check ripening fruit for softness, discoloration, or other signs of infestation.
These measures are recommended by extension specialists as practical ways to manage spotted wing drosophila around home gardens.
The Takeaway
Finding a tiny white larva inside a berry is certainly unpleasant, but it isn’t necessarily evidence of something mysterious or dangerous.
In many cases, the culprit is a
