Millions of flies are going to land in Texas to fight dog fruits that eat meat
The federal government will take millions of flies and pour them into Texas, hoping they will kill an insect known for laying carnivorous larvae in the wounds of warm-blooded animals.
The USDA announced an upcoming project that it will reportedly breed millions of flies, blow them up with radiation, make them sterile, and release them in Texas and Mexico in a hope of reducing the population of New World Screwworms and their carnivorous larvae.
Sterile, irradiated male flies will be released in the hope that they will mate with wild screwworm flies. Hopefully, female flies will produce water-free eggs that ultimately reduce the number of screwworm larvae.
The ultimate goal is to see the screwworm population die in the area.
New World's screwworm fly are found primarily in forests and forest areas, but also seek owners including cattle and horses.
Adult New World Screwworm Fly. The USDA will produce sterile male flies and release them in Texas and Mexico to reduce the population of the world's screwworms at that time. (USDA)
Women usually lay eggs in open wounds of active animals that activate blood vessels. Once the hatched magma drills into the host's meat. Their presence in the wound may kill the host animal.
The flies entered the host's corpse in a screw-like manner, hence their name.
Flies – Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and some South American countries are all considered to have been eliminated in the United States in 1966.
Screwworms can invade humans. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that individuals in affected areas “spend time among livestock animals, sleep outdoors and open wounds, at greater risk. [New World Screwworms]. ”
The CDC warns that people who have recently undergone surgery “flies lay eggs on open sores” due to fly infestation methods.
Unfortunately, the recent reappearance of screwworms in Texas following the outbreak in Mexico. This was made public in May, prompting the USDA to temporarily suspend imports of live cattle, horses and bisons at the U.S.-Mexico border to prevent further spread.
The United States used the sterile fly method to eliminate screwworm flies almost completely between 1962 and 1975. In the decade before the flight program began, the USDA estimated that livestock producers in the Southwest U.S. would lose about $50 million to $100 million a year due to the results of the flight.
To facilitate the new version of the flight plan, factories aimed at breeding and producing sterile flies will open in southern Mexico in July next year. Afterwards, a flight distribution center will be opened in southern Texas to import and distribute sterile flies throughout the Southwest.
