Infection is by direct skin contact with sandy soil or with clothing that has been put on the ground to dry and had eggs laid on it. Mature larvae can be squeezed out or removed with tweezers.
This identification aid will concentrate on third instar larvae. Both the Old World screwworm fly (OWSF) Chrysomya bezziana and the New World screwworm fly (NWSF) Cochliomyia hominovorax are major ...
Students at the Gibbs Permaculture Research and Demonstration Site have been researching the potential of Black Soldier Fly Larvae (BSFL) as a biological means to manage pre and post consumer food ...
The flies were found in and around the cities Santa Ana and Garden Grove, prompting officials to block off an 87-square mile ...