Tag: Livestock

Screwworm Cochliomyia hominivorax, Key Deer National Refuge, Big Pine Key, Florida (24909739517)

New World Screwworm: What you need to know 

New World screwworm (NWS) are parasitic larvae from a specific fly (Cochliomyia hominivora) that lays its eggs in living tissue on warm-blooded animals, often in open wounds.