Not good. Also: very scary name for a fly as it is not immediately obvious whose flesh is being eaten.

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Screwworms are parasitic flies whose females ⁠lay eggs in wounds of any warm-blooded animal. Once the eggs hatch, hundreds of screwworm larvae use their sharp mouths to burrow through living flesh, eventually killing their host if left untreated. An 

 of screwworm in the U.S. could cause $1.8 billion in damage to Texas' economy alone and would likely raise U.S. beef prices by shrinking the U.S. ⁠cattle supply, experts have said.

Earlier in the week, the USDA said that McLaughlin, who had said a case was confirmed one mile south of the Texas border, had inaccurate information. The USDA confirmed a case 25 miles south of the Texas border in Mexico's Coahuila State on Tuesday.

The U.S. has kept its border with ⁠Mexico closed to cattle imports for more than a year to prevent the destructive parasite from reaching U.S. border states. The United States has spent millions of dollars to slow its advance through Mexico, investing in sterile fly production facilities, expanding trapping efforts and increasing livestock surveillance.

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[Parker's steak](https://stacker.news/items/1489195/r/k00b) is about to get more expensive.

> Screwworms are parasitic flies whose females ⁠lay eggs in wounds of any warm-blooded animal. Once the eggs hatch, hundreds of screwworm larvae use their sharp mouths to burrow through living flesh, eventually killing their host if left untreated. An [outbreak](https://www.reuters.com/world/texas-cattle-country-ranchers-brace-flesh-eating-screwworms-2025-08-15/) of screwworm in the U.S. could cause $1.8 billion in damage to Texas' economy alone and would likely raise U.S. beef prices by shrinking the U.S. ⁠cattle supply, experts have said.
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> Earlier in the week, the USDA said that McLaughlin, who had said a case was confirmed one mile south of the Texas border, had inaccurate information. The USDA confirmed a case 25 miles south of the Texas border in Mexico's Coahuila State on Tuesday.
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> The U.S. has kept its border with ⁠Mexico closed to cattle imports for more than a year to prevent the destructive parasite from reaching U.S. border states. The United States has spent millions of dollars to slow its advance through Mexico, investing in sterile fly production facilities, expanding trapping efforts and increasing livestock surveillance.