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513 Sterilized Flies To Be Released In Order To Stop Flesh-Eating Maggot Infestation

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 07/03/2025 23:30 EDT

Sterilized Flies To Be Released In Order To Stop Flesh-Eating Maggot Infestation

Beeftopia shares a report from CBS News: 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 maggot. That sounds like the plot of a horror movie, but it is part of the government's plans for protecting the U.S. from a bug that could devastate its beef industry, decimate wildlife and even kill household pets. This weird science has worked well before.

The targeted pest is the flesh-eating larva of the New World Sc

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