females

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Screwworms are parasitic flies whose females lay eggs in open wounds and mucous membranes of living warm-blooded animals and people.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Plans are also in motion to release millions of sterile screwworm flies, as the females only mate once in their lifetime, and any eggs they lay will be unfertilised and will not hatch.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

The fly had been eradicated in the US thanks in large part by dropping millions of sterile flies to mate with wild females.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Belugas in Bristol Bay show relatively small differences in size between males and females compared with some other populations.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Explained the system of labelling—a T for the males, a circle for the females and for those who were destined to become ffeemartins a question mark, black on a white ground.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley