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USDA to breed, drop billions of flies from planes to fight flesh-eating maggots
Billions of flies will be bred in an effort to fight a screwworm fly invasion. USDA plans to drop the insects over Mexico and ...
Federal government plans to air-drop sterile flies over Texas to fight flesh-eating maggots
USDA combats flesh-eating New World Screwworm by breeding sterilized flies for release over Mexico and Texas, with a new fly factory planned for 2026.