NPR's Scott Simon speaks with entomologist Edwin Burgess about a plan to combat flash-eating maggots threatening U.S. livestock. It involves breeding billions of flies and dropping them from planes.

An Annapolis, Maryland, man is said to be recovering after contracting what’s commonly known as “flesh-eating bacteria” earlier this month.

In an effort to curb the spread, the United States will domestically produce millions of sterile flies to diminish the pests’ reproduction.

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Flesh-eating maggots are inching toward the southwestern border of the US. The defense plan? Breed millions of sterilized flies and drop them from the sky.

Should the flies reach the states, the larvae could infest livestock, pets, wildlife and, possibly, even people.

The U.S. has closed its southern border again to livestock imports, saying that a flesh-eating parasite has moved farther north in Mexico than previously reported.

The U.S. has closed its southern border again to livestock imports, saying that a flesh-eating parasite has moved farther north in Mexico than previously reported.

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The U.S. has closed its southern border again to livestock imports, saying a flesh-eating parasite has moved further north in Mexico than previously reported.