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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
Texas Will Be Blanketed In Billions Of Flies Dumped From Planes In A War Against Flesh-Eating Maggots
Most people will reflexively recoil at the words "flesh-eating maggots," and if you're one of them, you'll probably be ...
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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 ...
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Billions of flies to be dumped out of planes in an effort to fight flesh-eating maggot known as "man-eater"
Updated on: July 2, 2025 / 2:17 PM EDT / CBS/AP The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating ...
Billions of flies to be bred and released in battle against flesh-eating maggots
Despite the plan sounding like something out of a horror movie, it is part of the government's bid to protect the US from a ...