Saturday, May 03, 2025

Screwworms Are Coming

US is now scrambling to use aerial bombs of sterilized flies to halt the spread.

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The US eradicated the screwworm, a livestock-killing parasite, back in the 1980s. Now it's staging a comeback

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-- Bloomberg News (@bloomberg.com) May 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM

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...This is not a drill. Screwworms are possibly the most aptly named parasites imaginable, both literally and figuratively. Screwworms -- technically, New World Screwworms -- are flies that lay eggs on the mucous membranes, orifices, and wounds of warm-blooded animals. Wounds are the most common sites, and even a ----- as small as a tick bite can be an invitation for the savage insects.

Once beckoned, females lay up to 400 eggs at a time. Within about a day, ravenous flesh-eating larvae erupt, which both look and act like literal screws. They viciously and relentlessly bore and twist into their victim, feasting on the living flesh for about seven days. The result is a gaping ulcer writhing with maggots, which attracts yet more adult female screwworms that can lay hundreds more eggs, deepening the putrid, festering lesion. The infection, called myiasis, is intensely painful and life-threatening. Anyone who falls victim to screwworms is figuratively"well, you know.


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-02 04:17 PM

Perhaps the Trumpf junta's new "National Defense Areas" along the southern border in New Mexico and Texas will stop this genuine invasion: www.stripes.com

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-05-02 04:35 PM

Did one of these take root in Polio Bob's noodle?

#3 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-05-02 05:31 PM

A gaggle went up Fat Donnie's fetid ass

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-05-02 07:41 PM

Screwworms? Is that what Swalwell and Schiff are calling their clique now? I don't think it is as catchy as "the Karen Squad" AOC is running.

#5 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-02 08:06 PM

@#5 ...Screwworms? Is that what Swalwell and Schiff are calling their clique now? ...

Trying so hard to troll, but so poor at it.

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-04 12:31 AM

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