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The flies lay their eggs in open wounds or mucous membranes of warm-blooded animals, where they hatch into larvae and feed on flesh.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Males don’t eat during mating season but when they do, they feed on fish, invertebrates and other pinnipeds.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
In a chapter cleverly titled “Keep Calm and Carrion,” she explains that obligate scavengers—animals that feed on dead matter—are “nature’s clean-up crew,” performing one of the most vital roles on the planet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
There, they feed on a "nutritious soup" of bacteria.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
On September 13, 1900, Lazear was in a Havana hospital’s yellow fever ward letting mosquitoes feed on patients.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
