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I forgot and left a bag of fruit in my car. When I found it a few days later, it was covered with fruit ƃies $ut tJe car dQQrs were closed, and the windows were shut tight. How did they get in?

—Glenn Robinson, Cleveland, Ohio In your heart of hearts, Glenn, you know the answer, don’t you? They were already on the fruit as eggs or larvae, otherwise known as maggots. Ugh. But if you had Ã> ` Ì i y ià >««i>Ài` Ì i fruit in your kitchen, we wouldn’t have known the awful truth for ÃÕÀi° / >̽à LiV>ÕÃi Ì i y ià >Ài so tiny that they can easily get into homes as adults through windows or screens. Or you can bring them home as eggs or larvae right from the grocery store.