females
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Screwworms are parasitic flies whose females lay eggs in open wounds and mucous membranes on animals.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
The fly had been eradicated in the US thanks in large part by dropping millions of sterile flies to mate with wild females.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Plans are also in motion to release millions of sterile screwworm flies, as the females only mate once in their lifetime, and any eggs they lay will be unfertilised and will not hatch.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
These bees wait until A. regularis females have prepared brood cells underground before laying their own eggs inside them.
From Science Daily • May 28, 2026
I was just about to do this when in poured a great flood of females.
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
