USA-SCREWWORM/NOVOFLY

On July 14, activities at the Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory in Kerrville, Texas, included an interview with Director Kim Lohmeyer and a genomics lab demonstration by Perot Saelao. Scientists Zamira Yusseff-Vanegas and Nathaniel Haulk arranged sterile New World screwworm flies for observation. The process involved using a blacklight-glow powder viewed via microscope and phone display, alongside a reference collection of sterile New World screwworm flies sourced from Panama for study.