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Flesh-Eating Screwworms Are Creeping Closer to a Comeback in the United States

Roughly 60 years ago, the United States eradicated the New World screwworm, an insect that feeds on living tissue. But now, ...

The deadliest flower in the insect world is a lifeline to farmers—and the planet

“Pyrethrin is the most important insecticide in the world,” says Joel Maina Kibett, chief agriculture officer of Nakuru ...
Discover Wildlife

Californian researchers are preparing for the return of a parasitic flesh-eating maggot – that has been confirmed in humans

The New World screwworm was eradicated from the US around 60 years ago – but it's now within 70 miles of the Texas border ...
Science Daily

A flesh-eating fly once eradicated is moving back toward the U.S.

California researchers are preparing for the possible return of the New World screwworm, a parasitic fly that feeds on living ...
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Sundew eating fly time-lapse

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