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Millions of flies to be dropped over Texas to combat flesh-eating maggots
The federal government is going to take millions of sterile flies and dump them on Texas in the hopes that they’ll kill off a species of insect known for laying its flesh-eating larvae in the wounds of warm-blooded animals.
Texas officials and organizations reacted positively to the announcement of a sterile fly dispersal facility coming to South ...
The unusual operation is a critical part of a strategy to combat the spread of the flesh-eating screwworm fly, a pest that poses a serious threat to the beef industry, wildlife, and even household ...
Gov. Abbott has ordered two Texas agencies to begin working together and with residents and business leaders to stop the ...
It was the early 1960s, but I vividly remember being at a summer camp just west of Kerrville when something drifted down from ...
Here in Central Texas and across the state officials are now preparing for an outbreak of the New World screwworm, a parasite ...
According to experts from Texas A&M, the New World screwworm is a tropical, parasitic fly native to the Western Hemisphere.
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Texas agencies join forces to battle invasive screwworm parasiteTexas agencies are ganging up on a bad, bad worm. According to a release, the Texas Animal Health Commission and Texas Parks ...
The New World screwworm, eradicated in the United States in the 1960s, could again pose a threat to Texas livestock, the beef ...
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