sterile
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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
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
Eradication was possible through the sterile insect technique, which uses gamma radiation to irradiate screwworm pupae and create sterile male flies.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
It works by hatching flies in an enclosed space, and then exposing them to radiation to make them sterile before releasing them into the wild.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
“But there is a demand for medical supplies. I can roll the cotton up on wooden toothpicks and peddle them as sterile swabs. Will he sell to me at a good price?”
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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