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This parasitic fly gives birth inside of crickets
It’s pretty rare, but just like us mammals, some flies actually give live birth. One of them is a parasitic fly species Ormia ...
The US has a plan to breed millions of flies and drop them from planes. Here’s why
Flesh-eating maggots are inching toward the southwestern border of the US. The defense plan? Breed millions of sterilized ...
The government plans to drop a horde of flies over Texas border. Here's why.
By dropping the sterile, fully developed flies, the USDA plans to prevent flesh-eating maggots from reaching the United ...
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U.S. plans to begin breeding billions of flies to fight agricultural pest
The U.S. Department of Agriculture works to neutralize -- again -- the flesh-eating larva of the New World Screwworm fly.
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Do Butterflies Lay Eggs?
Clad in all kinds of ornate and beautiful colors, the butterfly is a winged insect that flies from flower to flower, consuming the rich, sugary nectar inside. There are nearly 20,000 species of ...
Flesh-eating pests are coming. US plans to counter them by releasing millions of flies from planes
The US government is planning to carry out a shocking plan in which they will take millions of sterile New World screwworm ...
The US plans to drop millions of flies at the Texas border to fight a flesh-eating maggot
By dropping the sterile, fully developed flies, the USDA plans to prevent flesh-eating maggots from reaching the United ...
Flesh-eating flies poised to invade U.S.
Should the flies reach the states, the larvae could infest livestock, pets, wildlife and, possibly, even people.
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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Trump Administration Blames California for High Egg Prices
Department of Justice files lawsuit against state to eliminate “regulatory burden” on egg and poultry production ...