Appearances Can Be Deceiving... / myLot

United States

May 27, 2016 4:11pm CST

I had noticed the berry growing a couple days ago. It was slightly pink, not quite ready to harvest. I had to bide my time. Today I checked on it and it was red and ready to be plucked. I bent down, gently grabbed it...and then jerked back. Although the strawberry looked beautiful from my angle, the underside had been completely eaten away by some bug. All that was left was a shell. I managed to find another strawberry and snatched it up. It wasn't 100% ripe, but I didn't want to wait for that bug to come back and gyp me out of another prime piece of fruit! Appearances can be deceiving, just like the painted strawberry-rock nestled among our strawberries. Not everyone or everything is as it seems. I guess that's why they say to never judge a book by its cover. Share with me. When have you been fooled by the outward appearance of something...or someone?

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Fleur

@Fleura (30403)

• United Kingdom

27 May 16

I have slugs eating my strawberries too, just like that.

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Genipher

@Genipher (5405)

• United States

27 May 16

Is that what it is? Ug. I guess that makes sense. Only maybe it's not slugs attacking our strawberries...I've seen many, many snails in our front yard. Dang it. I'm going to have to battle for our berries now!

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Kristen Howe

@KristenH (33385)

• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

27 May 16

Darn pesty bug. Do you have a bug repellent for your plants? Not that I know off to answer your question.

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Genipher

@Genipher (5405)

• United States

28 May 16

No. I probably need to get some chickens. Or ducks. Ducks like to eat slugs and snails...

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Kristen Howe

@KristenH (33385)

• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

28 May 16

@Genipher Not a bad idea.

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Genipher

@Genipher (5405)

• United States

29 May 16

@KristenH I'm known for having a good idea every now and again.

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fishtiger58

@fishtiger58 (29820)

• Momence, Illinois

30 May 16

The bugs get some of my strawberries as well, just have to wait our turn I guess.

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Genipher

@Genipher (5405)

• United States

30 May 16

It's too bad I can't trick the bugs with our strawberry rock. They'd be all like, "Ew, this thing is inedible!" and then they'd think all the other strawberries were bad, too, and leave them alone. Ah, if only it worked like that!

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fishtiger58

@fishtiger58 (29820)

• Momence, Illinois

31 May 16

@Genipher Wouldn't that be nice lol.