AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) — A parasitic worm eradicated ... maggots “screw into flesh with sharp mouth hooks” leading to a parasitic infection. TPWD officials said female screwworm flies are ...

The New World screwworm was eradicated from the state decades ago, but now officials are warning it may be poised to return.

Such an infestation ... just one fly can lay up to 300 eggs at a time, and she may lay up to 3,000 eggs during her lifetime. Cochliomyia hominivorax, the New World screw-worm fly, or screw-worm ...