#screwworminmexico — Public Fediverse posts

Texas lawmakers are lobbying for millions of dollars to fight the New World Screwworm.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/animals/2025/08/04/527838/officials-scramble-to-stop-flesh-eating-pest-advancing-toward-texas/

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Despite being eradicated from North America in the 1960s, the screwworm — an invasive fly whose parasitic larvae burrow into living animal's flesh — has been identified in Mexico. Officials want people in South Texas to be vigilant.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/01/02/509595/screwworms-texas-flesh-eating-parasite-mexico-detection/

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