In the 1960s, the US bred up to 150 million sterile screwworm flies a week in Texas and dropped them from planes to protect livestock from a flesh-eating parasite

Discover the incredible story of Texas' unique campaign in the 1960s to combat the New World screwworm by producing and releasing millions of sterile flies to protect livestock and eradicate a devastating parasite.

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