Here's what to know about the flesh-eating parasite. New World screwworms are larvae or maggots of the NWS fly ... livestock and human health," Dr. J. Hunter Reed, a TPWD wildlife veterinarian ...

New World Screwworms are fly larvae or maggots that can infest human flesh and cause infection, according to the release. The female flies could lay their eggs into opened wounds or an opening in ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department sent out an advisory warning hunters, livestock owners, and outdoorsy folks near the southern border to watch out for a flesh-eating parasite known as the New ...

"Those enjoying Texas' natural resources have an opportunity to serve as the first line of defense in protecting wildlife, livestock, and human ... the maggots burrow or "screw" into flesh with ...

The maggots will then hatch and feast on the flesh of their host organism. Targets for the man-eating Screwworm are primarily livestock — but birds, deer, and humans can also be infected.

Unlike the immense herds of the prairie buffalo whose habits were open to the eyes of human intruders ... Yet the bloodsucking and the flesh-eating flies are not the most dreaded of the hosts.

Texas Parks and Wildlife warns Laredo and surrounding areas for New World Screwworm, a "maneater" fly that feeds on live ...

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller believes the USDA closed imports prematurely. He says the ban is hindering an ...

According to the USDA, NWS — also known as Cochliomyia Hominivorax — begin life as maggots that "burrow into ... screwworm larva’s mouth rasp the flesh of living warm-blooded animals.

"When NWS fly larvae (maggots) burrow into the flesh of a living animal ... is well known for the way in which its larvae (maggots) eat the living tissue. / Credit: / Getty Images After eggs ...

A recent detection of a flesh-eating parasite in southern Mexico has ... The New World Screwworm are larvae and maggots with 'sharp mouth hooks' that latch onto open wounds or live tissue on ...