CBS NEWS - A fight is ramping up against the New World screwworm fly as it spreads to the United States, and, in what sounds like science fiction, it lays eggs that hatch into flesh-eating parasites. So far, the fly has not been detected in California, but scientists are on the lookout. Entomologist Amy Murillo...
SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE - Roughly 60 years ago, the United States eradicated the New World screwworm, an insect that feeds on living tissue. But now, the flesh-eating creature appears to be creeping closer to a comeback. New World screwworm is the name given to the larval, or maggot, stage of the Cochliomyia hominivorax blowfly. Loosely translated...
BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE - Researchers in California are preparing for the possible return of a parasitic flesh-eating fly which once decimated livestock. The New World screwworm is the larval (or maggot) stage of a blowfly known as Cochliomyia hominivorax. While most blowflies are harmless and feed on decaying carcasses, the screwworm feeds on living tissue...