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Not to Alarm Anyone, but Flesh-Eating Screwworms Have Entered the US

Wired 04 June 2026 1h ago
Not to Alarm Anyone, but Flesh-Eating Screwworms Have Entered the US
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The USDA this week confirmed the first known infection of the carnivorous fly larva, which feast on the flesh of living mammals, after the United States eradicated the nightmare bugs in the 1960s.
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