Are mealworms dangerous?

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asked Sep 16, 2019 in Science by Izzie1213 (300 points)
Are mealworms dangerous?

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answered Sep 17, 2019 by Shawn (99,990 points)
Mealworms while disgusting are not harmful or dangerous to humans or pets.

Mealworms are more a nuisance and can and do sometimes infest and infect foods such as meat that is left out on the counter etc.

If you store the food properly and seal up food away from mealworms then you shouldn't have a problem with getting mealworms in your food.

But you should inspect your food before cooking or serving the food just in case the mealworms could have infected the food.

Mealworms are also sometimes fed to some pets such as birds and reptiles as food so they are not harmful for reptiles and birds and some other pets to eat.

But the mealworms are disgusting but not dangerous.

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