females

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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

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

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

Aristotle argued that the actual material provided by females was menstrual blood.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee