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===Screw Worm Myiasis===
[[Image:Screw Worm.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Screw worm larvae - John Kucharski - Wikimedia Commons]]
*''C. bezziana'' cause myiasis in both animals and humans
*Located mainly in tropical regions
*Larvae are '''obligate''' parasites
'''Recognition'''
*Similar to [[Calliphoridae|''Calliphora spp.'']]
**Iridescent
**Clear wings
**Blue abdomen
*Longitudinal stripes on thorax
*Larvae have bands of spines
**Look like screws
'''Life cycle'''
*Eggs laid in wounds or body cavities
*Larvae feed as colonies
*Larvae drop to the ground to pupate
'''Pathogenesis'''
*Spiracles are exposed as larvae feed which expands the wound
**Creates a foul smelling lesion
*Cause irritation and pyrexia
'''Control'''
*In the USA
**Mass eradication through the release of sterile males
**Currently only persists where flies have migrated across the Mexican border
*In Africa
**Introduced into Libya through the importation of infested livestock
**Sterile males released
**Eradication occurred in 1991[[Category:Parasites]][[Category:Flies]][[Category:Myiasis_Producing_Flies]]
[[Image:Screw Worm.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Screw worm larvae - John Kucharski - Wikimedia Commons]]
*''C. bezziana'' cause myiasis in both animals and humans
*Located mainly in tropical regions
*Larvae are '''obligate''' parasites
'''Recognition'''
*Similar to [[Calliphoridae|''Calliphora spp.'']]
**Iridescent
**Clear wings
**Blue abdomen
*Longitudinal stripes on thorax
*Larvae have bands of spines
**Look like screws
'''Life cycle'''
*Eggs laid in wounds or body cavities
*Larvae feed as colonies
*Larvae drop to the ground to pupate
'''Pathogenesis'''
*Spiracles are exposed as larvae feed which expands the wound
**Creates a foul smelling lesion
*Cause irritation and pyrexia
'''Control'''
*In the USA
**Mass eradication through the release of sterile males
**Currently only persists where flies have migrated across the Mexican border
*In Africa
**Introduced into Libya through the importation of infested livestock
**Sterile males released
**Eradication occurred in 1991[[Category:Parasites]][[Category:Flies]][[Category:Myiasis_Producing_Flies]]