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And if so, how can you send them packing? ‘Well, most of them would prefer to be outside,’ says Adam Hart, professor of ...
Having flies in your home is annoying and practically inevitable, but there is a simple way to get rid of them that's ...
The U.S. has closed its southern border again to livestock imports, saying a flesh-eating parasite has moved further north in ...
The US has reclosed its border with Mexico to livestock imports, saying a flesh-eating parasite has spread further north than ...
This strategy comes from what's called companion planting. It's a gardening philosophy and practice that encourages plants to ...
The U.S. government is combating a potential invasion of flesh-eating New World screwworm maggots, which threaten livestock, ...
By dropping the sterile, fully developed flies, the USDA plans to prevent flesh-eating maggots from reaching the United ...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico ...
In a new study published and featured in the Annals of the Entomological Society of America, researchers have discovered that ...
Texas played a critical role in eradicating this pest from the United States in the 1960s and will do so again if the need ...
The battle plan? Bomb them with radiation-treated flies USDA National Agricultural Library via CNN Newsource A photo from 1960 shows US workers preparing sterile flies for dispersal.
Screwworm dangers New World screwworms are the parasitic larva of a metallic blue blow fly species called Cochliomyia hominivorax.