For a long time, the actual species of a tequilaworm was unknown. Not any longer.
were well deserved after a long day of catching butterflies in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula four years ago. But just because booze was on the table didn’t mean the work was over.
And yet a quick internet search revealed that the tequila worm’s species wasn’t completely clear — despite its existence being fairly common knowledge among the drinking public. “There was this mystery among the scientific community about what it actually was,” Kawahara says. The famous worm is mostly found in mezcal, rather than tequila. But even with mezcal, not every bottle has a worm. “Some people think it’s just a gimmick,” Kawahara says.
In the past, due to this association, it seems that some people believed that the larvae inside mezcal bottles came from the tequila giant skipper, “but it has nothing to do with it, it’s completely wrong,” Kawahara confirms.Digging Deep Into the Mezcal "Tequila Worm"
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