Do Not Eat!

A man has advised customers to avoid purchasing bananas with small white spots, which could contain insect nests.

It came in response to a Facebook post in October 2022 from a concerned Asda customer, who spotted something unusual on the fruit she bought.

The anonymous shopper posted on the social media site to see if others could advise her on what to do.

The customer wrote in the Family Lockdown Tips & Ideas group: ‘Anybody have any idea what this white spot is on my banana? Brought from Asda yesterday.’

She shared a photograph of the blemished fruit with her message and could have been forgiven for her concern following the reactions of other group members.

Horrifyingly, one user said: ‘Definitely a spider in there.’

A second added: ‘That looks like a spider’s egg sack. Put it in a bag and tie it. I would take it back.’

Another replied: ‘This happened to me last year, Bought some bananas and got a free spider nest with wee tiny spiders coming out of it.’

Heeding the warnings of others, the shopper later provided an update. She said that she could confirm said banana, well the bunch of them put her off for life and that they were in the bin outside.

She said that she might even pour boiling water over them in case they hatch inside the bin and wander into the house because she didn’t like spiders at the best of times. Let alone venomous ones.

They continued: ‘May even burn my bin if I’m honest might be the best option (I am of course joking).’

An Asda spokesman told LADbible: ‘That particular “white spot” looks to be a mealybug nest, they’re completely harmless but as with other insects and they like to make themselves at home in between banana fingers which provide a nice protective habitat for them to live.’

Insects generally come in with fruit and vegetables when they come from countries overseas. They usually crawl into the crates and nest in the fruit, it’s quite common, and that’s why most people wash their fruit and vegetables before consuming them. But no, the first thing people do is run to social media to report it and honestly, who eats banana peel?

Why on earth do people need to post this stuff on the internet?

Back in the day, we used common sense. We didn’t take a picture of it, have it printed or take it to our local newspaper, get it published and then ask the whole world and its wife: ‘What do you think this is?’.

It’s okay if you just want the attention, but I’m sure they could have worked it out for themselves. If I buy something and I think it looks a tad dodgy I just don’t eat it and chuck it in the bin. I guess it could be a bit startling to find a spider’s nest in your fruit, but it’s not unusual.

Why on earth ask the entire world what it was when that person could have just looked it up on Google? There’s always a website on something on Google, but then they wouldn’t have gotten the attention they so desperately craved and created hysteria amongst the other intellectually challenged but thanks for the giggles guys!

I suppose most of the United Kingdom has an IQ of a primary-aged child for a socially engineered reason and why would you pour boiling water on them? Just put them outside for goodness sake and leave them alone. It’s not their fault they’ve been picked up by someone else who hates spiders, they’re still entitled to walk the earth.