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I found some larvae in rice…?
I found larvae in my white rice today. They look like corn rootworm larvae. yellowish body, brown head, and a hint of tan in the tail end. I can’t confirm what they are. They also look like rice/granary weevils or red flour beetle larvae. When I shake it off my finger, it made some kind of web like a spider and hang on.
What I want to know is:
1) What are they exactly?
2) Are they safe to consume? Do they have parasites or E. Coli.?
3) I have a covered rice dispenser (and I live in a city if that matters) that I pour the rice into, is it possible that insects got in there and laid eggs?
they’re like 1/4″ long… quite small and very skinny too.
Here’s some pics i just took
http://s628.photobucket.com/albums/uu7/breathoffire941/
1). Sounds to me like rice moths. Especially with the silk on your finger.
2). They are safe to consume if you cook them. But i have never heard of anyone eating infested rice on purpose….. only by accident by not seeing the larvae.
3) They often infect the rice prior to you even buying it. some people freeze their rice over nite when they first buy it to try and kill the eggs. And watch out, if they pupate into adults, they will lay eggs in future rice you leave exposed, cornflakes, flour, any other starchy food source around.
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