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Know how genomic study of the Australian sheep blowfly can help researchers devise protection against this pest
Learn how genomics can be applied to the control of insect pests, as in the production...
Video: © University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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New World screwworm fly
An adult male New World screwworm fly (Cochliomyia hominivorax), one of...
© Judy Gallagher
Bluebottle fly
An adult bluebottle fly (Calliphora species).
E.S. Ross
Screwworm
Tusklike mandibles protruding from a New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax),...
Photo by John Kucharski, USDA Agricultural Research Service
Greenbottle fly
Rotated views of common green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata).
© Alekss/stock.adobe.com
Bluebottle fly
An adult bluebottle fly (Calliphora vomitoria) on a white background. 
© Image by Owen Lloyd owenlloydphotography.com—Moment Open/Getty Images
An unlikely pollinator
An adult cluster fly (Pollenia rudis) visiting a flower.
Ingmar Holmasen
Screwworm larvae
William E. Ferguson
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