flies
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Female screwworm flies produce eggs only once in a lifetime, and once they mate with a sterile male fly, they’re done with their reproduction cycle without having any offspring.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
A major question now is whether the distributed neural control observed in fruit flies is also found in other animals.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
And many think this is Musk's Icarus moment – when he flies too close to the sun.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
The idea is that when sterile flies are released into targeted areas, they wold mate with wild screwworm flies and prevent them from reproducing.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
A long skeletal arm flies across my waist.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
