No that's not a Raspberry Beetle Twin.
They are greyer in colour and their body is longer.
From the pictures it looks as if they are sucking the fruit droplets,
have a close look at some of the fruits and see if some of the little individual droplets are empty and white looking where the juice has been sucked out of them.
I guess they are up to no good anyway.
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I know this post is old but I just ate a bunch of blackberries and at the end of my bunch I found little bugs crawling and jumping around. I'm sure they are harmless to eat but thought I'd ask. I attached a picture of one on my thumb but you have to zoom in to see it. It's the one on the top right.
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I know this is an old thread but I couldn't find the answer anywhere on the net but I found the answer through some good ol investigative work. So I thought I'd share with the masses like myself a ton of time.
I had these tiny tiny grey jumping bugs on my raspberries. I only discovered them after picking and washing them and putting them in a white bowl on the dinner table. You could see them crawling out only because it was a white bowl and it was well lit. Tiny little suckers. They can jump like 4" or so when you're trying to squash them.
I used my $20 Amazon microscope to examine them. Really tough because as soon as you touch them they're squashed. Gotta use a tissue and delicately put them in a bubble of water or raspberry juice in my case lol. It was undoubtedly a springtail. Harmless to humans. And from what the net says easy to fix. They thrive in damp mouldy environments. Which is why you'll find them on window sills or under leaky sinks. Just have to keep the area dry and they'll migrate.
This year has been exceptionally hot for us so I've been watering my raspberries everyday. I guess it could have created too much dampness in the soil creating the perfect habitat for these pests. I musta ate 1000s of these bugs because I typically don't wash them at all. Just wash for my family. I must say I've been feeling quite well these days so I don't think it's harmed me. If I had to guess I'd say they probably gave me some good nutrients that I don't get anywhere else lol. Maybe I was better off never finding out and getting my full insect diet.
I have images of everything but not sure how to post. I'll give it a try.
Hope this helps a lot of people!
I had these tiny tiny grey jumping bugs on my raspberries. I only discovered them after picking and washing them and putting them in a white bowl on the dinner table. You could see them crawling out only because it was a white bowl and it was well lit. Tiny little suckers. They can jump like 4" or so when you're trying to squash them.
I used my $20 Amazon microscope to examine them. Really tough because as soon as you touch them they're squashed. Gotta use a tissue and delicately put them in a bubble of water or raspberry juice in my case lol. It was undoubtedly a springtail. Harmless to humans. And from what the net says easy to fix. They thrive in damp mouldy environments. Which is why you'll find them on window sills or under leaky sinks. Just have to keep the area dry and they'll migrate.
This year has been exceptionally hot for us so I've been watering my raspberries everyday. I guess it could have created too much dampness in the soil creating the perfect habitat for these pests. I musta ate 1000s of these bugs because I typically don't wash them at all. Just wash for my family. I must say I've been feeling quite well these days so I don't think it's harmed me. If I had to guess I'd say they probably gave me some good nutrients that I don't get anywhere else lol. Maybe I was better off never finding out and getting my full insect diet.
I have images of everything but not sure how to post. I'll give it a try.
Hope this helps a lot of people!