The state of Texas has just devised a unique system for dealing with maggots: “raining flies.” A biological control program is using sterile flies and fly eggs to fight flesh-eating maggots. The ...

Baking soda isn’t effective at killing maggots. Boiling water is the fastest method to kill maggots. To prevent maggots and flies from returning, thoroughly clean the area and remove waste and ...

Putting the maggots into this appliance before disposing of them will kill them, preventing a fly infestation from ... the side so a bag or two of maggot-infested debris can fit. Then, use a piece of ...

The Department of Agriculture is pursuing a disgusting—but effective—strategy to eliminate the larva of the New World screwworm fly. reading time 3 minutes The U.S. The Department of Agriculture has ...

(NewsNation) — 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. It’s part of the government’s ...

The U.S. has blocked imports of live cattle, horses, and bison through southern border ports following the resurgence in Mexico of the New World Screwworm, a parasitic fly that infects animals and ...