Bourne Identity wrote:

On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 20:14:11 -0700, "Anonny Moose"
opined:


The larvae of the different lady beetles is indeed different and the one
in
question appears to be the Asian lady beetle. The Asian adult releases a
bitter tasting and foul smelling liquid, which is actually the beetle's
blood, from its legs as a defensive action. So you'd definitely want to
make sure you don't have these lady beetles in your fruit at harvest.


When I make anything from fruit, I wash it. I thought this was common
practice. You mean there are people who make wine, or jam, without washing
the fruit first?

ALL the wines you buy are made from grapes that has NOT been washed.
I do not know of any wineries that wash the grapes prior to crushing.

Even washing may not solve the problem entirely because the Asian beetle can
and does burrow into holes in the fruit created by other insect pests.