USDA to release flies near US-Mexico border to fight screwworm pest

CHICAGO, Feb 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture will disperse glow-in-the dark, sterile flies in Mexico, closer ...

New technology solves production bottleneck for black soldier fly larvae

Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists have developed a patented breakthrough system that marks a major step forward in ...
BloodHorse

USDA Takes Precautions Against New World Screwworm

The United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announces a shift in New World screwworm sterile fly dispersal efforts into Texas to stop the northern spread ...
Boston Herald

The US plans to begin breeding billions of flies to fight a pest. Here is how it will work

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating maggot. That sounds like the plot ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Composting Fly Could Significantly Reduce Organic Waste at the Smithsonian Institution

An innovative and low-cost project aims to bio-convert food scraps into fertilizer, animal feed and extractable oil using the Black Soldier Fly Rosannette Quesada Hidalgo Often people kill flies or at ...

Dangerous fly threatening people and livestock making its way towards Texas

Gov. Abbot is taking action and warning that the fly "poses a serious threat to Texas livestock industry and wildlife." ...
Digital Journal

Fly larvae: Costa Rica’s sustainable protein for animal feed

A worker collects black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae at the production plant in Guapiles, Costa Rica - Copyright AFP Ezequiel BECERRA A worker collects ...