HERMOSILLO, Mexico (RFD-TV News) —USDA is working to keep New World screwworm from spreading with the help of a sterile fly facility in Mexico.
Video posted by the Screwworm Rapid Response Team shows planes taking off in Hermosillo to disperse sterile flies in targeted areas of Mexico and New Mexico.
The facility hatches sterile pupae from production facilities and releases the flies in affected areas.
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