Screwworm flies lay their eggs in wounds, noses, ears, eyes or mouths. Their eggs develop into maggots that feed on the surrounding flesh as they burrow deeper.

The threat of New World screwworm continues to be a concern for U.S. cattle producers and the U.S. ag industry.  In December, ...

These flies lay eggs on open wounds, and their larvae feed on live flesh. And a case was just stopped in a Florida quarantine ...

Even Antarctica’s toughest native insect can’t escape the reach of plastic pollution. Scientists have discovered that Belgica antarctica — a tiny, rice-sized midge and the southernmost insect on Earth ...

Before eradication, screwworm caused hundreds of millions of dollars in financial losses each year in the United States. Ranchers spent enormous time and money on treatment and prevention. The ...

The first facility in decades to disperse sterile New World screwworm (NWS) flies from the United States opened Monday in ...

In Texas alone, projections estimate that an NWS outbreak could result in more than $1.8 billion in livestock losses.

USDA and Texas announce $750M sterile fly hub in Edinburg to expand border dispersal and keep New World screwworm from entering the U.S.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott unveiled the new facility on a former Air Force base near Edinburg, Texas. It will allow the U.S. to disperse millions of sterile ...

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