screwfly

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Taking the thought to its absurd conclusion, once the screwfly is released back into the wild, how might its potentially mutated message mix with native conservative thought?

Matthew Yglesias » Endgame 2010
In the 1950s, the screwfly caused so much devastation to livestock that the government sterilized as many of the male flies as possible.

Masters of Horror – The Screwfly Solution (2006) 2010
They link the disease back to the eradication of the screwfly.

Masters of Horror – The Screwfly Solution (2006) 2010
A huge bull lying on its side in a barren field, screwfly maggots eating its living flesh.

Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010
A huge bull lying on its side in a barren field, screwfly maggots eating its living flesh.

Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010
A huge bull lying on its side in a barren field, screwfly maggots eating its living flesh.

Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010
The secret lies in the way that Man eliminated an insect pest – the screwfly.

TVonDVD: Picket Fences, Masters of Horror: The Screwfly Solution, The Practice,The Fall Guy, Ironside 2007