I left my autumn raspberries on the cane two extra days in August just to let them sweeten: when I tipped the punnet out, what was moving in the fruit wasn’t there the day before
You picked those raspberries at peak ripeness, but something was already moving inside them. Spotted wing drosophila eggs hatch invisibly within ripening fruit, turning a perfect harvest into a maggot-infested punnet in just two days. Learn why August is the danger zone and how to catch infestations before they reach your table.