females
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The New World Screwworm is a parasitic fly whose females lay eggs in open wounds and mucous membranes of living warm-blooded animals and people.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Screwworms are parasitic flies whose females lay eggs in open wounds and mucous membranes of living warm-blooded animals and people.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 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
Belugas in Bristol Bay show relatively small differences in size between males and females compared with some other populations.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
There were six of them: three females on one side, three males on the other.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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