Flesh-eating pests are coming. US plans to counter them by releasing millions of flies from planes

Flesh-eating pests are coming. US plans to counter them by releasing millions of flies from planes

The US government is planning to carry out a shocking plan in which they will take millions of sterile New World screwworm flies that they have bred in a facility and dump them over the US-Mexico border. The aim is to kill off the species, which is known to eat the flesh of cows and horses

A worker holds two small containers of New World Screwworm fly pupae at a facility that breeds sterile flies in Pacora, Panama. The US plans to build another facility near the Mexico border too. COPEG/AP