According to experts from Texas A&M, the New World screwworm is a tropical, parasitic fly native to the Western Hemisphere.

Know Your Flies. First off, it’s vital that you take a good, hard look at any flies that might be around. Most maggots look pretty much the same, some are bigger and others are smaller, but they ...

The facility will breed millions of sterile New World screwworm flies at Moore Air Base, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins ...

The flesh-eating The flesh-eating New World screwworm fly is spreading north through Central America toward the US after ...

USDA announces new Texas facility to breed sterile New World screwworm flies as part of an effort to combat the flesh-eating ...

A flesh-eating parasitic fly is invading North and Central America. The consequences could be severe for the cattle industry, ...

Although no Texas cases had been reported as of Tuesday, Johnson County Commissioner Larry Woolley warned of a potential screwworm fly infestation in mid to late summer. In May, the U.S. Department of ...

Bag the fruit up to prevent fruit flies from laying eggs on developing fruit. This needs to be done early, ideally once the ...