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This method, known as the Sterile Insect Technique, has been in use for many years to control a variety of insect populations, including fruit flies and mosquitos.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
US officials said some four million sterile flies were already being released weekly from the sky, and that some four million more in the pupae stage were being deployed in ground release chambers.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
The agency also spearheaded the construction of fly-sterilization plants in Texas, which are designed to release sterilized New World screwworm flies into the wild and mitigate reproduction.
From The Wall Street Journal • 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
The first bullet misses; the second flies overhead.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
