This Flesh-Eating Fly Is Back in the U.S.

Scientists Are Tracking Where It Could Strike Next By Mika Ono, University of California - San Diego Meet our little friend. New World screwworm larva close up, and the mouth hooks they use to eat living flesh. Credit: USDA A wound no bigger than a tick bite can be enough for New World screwworm to take hold. A female New World screwworm fly can deposit hundreds of eggs at a time in an animal’s or…