The move is part of the government's plans for protecting the U.S. from the New World screwworm fly, which could devastate ...

The U.S. government plans to release billions of sterilized flies over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating pest ...

The federal government plans to combat flesh-eating maggots threatening U.S. livestock by dropping millions of sterile flies ...

Franklin County Commissioners remind residents how they can help stop the spread of invasive Asian tiger ... these pests to lay their eggs, which will emerge into larvae and ... fly more than 200 ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — The Texas Department of Agriculture is on alert as the threat of screwworm, a flesh-eating fly larva, looms closer to the U.S. border. Commissioner Sid Miller ...

An adult female fruit fly can lay up to 2,000 eggs on the surface of anything that's moist and rotting. The eggs hatch into larvae, which eat the decayed food. The larvae mature into adults within ...

The flies cause myiasis, an ... Can screwworms lay larvae in a human? It's rare, but yes it can happen. The parasites usually infect livestock, wildlife, birds and pets, the USDA says.

Just one fly can lay up to 300 eggs at a time and is drawn "to the odor of a wound or natural opening on a live, warm-blooded animal." ...