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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 ...
U.S. to Dump Billions of Flies From Planes to Fight ‘Man-Eater’ Maggots
The Department of Agriculture is pursuing a disgusting—but effective—strategy to eliminate the larva of the New World ...
The US plans to begin breeding billions of flies to fight a pest. Here is how it will work
The pest spawns flesh-eating larvae that could devastate the American beef industry, decimate wildlife and even kill ...
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US to Release Billions of Radiation-Treated Flies to Stop Flesh-Eating Maggots
The US plans to release billions of radiation-treated flies to stop flesh-eating maggots threatening livestock, wildlife, and ...
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US to drop millions of flies over Texas to kill ‘man-eater’ maggots
The USDA expects a new screwworm fly factory to be up and running in southern Mexico by July 2026. It plans to open a fly ...
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U.S. plans to drop millions of flies over Texas to fight flesh-eating maggots
The federal government plans to combat flesh-eating maggots threatening U.S. livestock by dropping millions of sterile flies ...
U.S. Plans to Drop Millions of Flies from the Sky to Prevent Spread of Flesh-Eating 'Man-Eater' Maggots
The U.S. government is combating a potential invasion of flesh-eating New World screwworm maggots with a multimillion-dollar ...
The government plans to drop a horde of flies over Texas border. Here's why.
By dropping the sterile, fully developed flies, the USDA plans to prevent flesh-eating maggots from reaching the United ...
Billions of flies to be dumped out of planes in an effort to fight flesh-eating maggot known as "man-eater"
The move is part of the government's plans for protecting the U.S. from the New World screwworm fly, which could devastate its beef industry and even kill household pets.