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Q&A: Expert offers insight on stopping the New World screwworm

  • June 11, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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Q&A: Expert offers insight on stopping the New World screwworm
NC State University entomologist Maxwell Scott is among a handful of people worldwide with the most thorough understanding of the genetics and life cycle of the New World screwworm, a blowfly that lays its eggs in wounds or vulnerable spots in livestock, pets, wildlife and humans and feeds on their living tissue.

Originally published at Phys.org

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