Dung beetles combat flies; insecticide overuse harms beetles
July 22, 2025
July 22, 2025
ITHACA, New York, July 22 -- Cornell University posted the following news:
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Dung beetles combat flies; insecticide overuse harms beetles
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Anyone who has walked through a barn or cattle pasture in the summer knows that flies are a nuisance and even a health hazard. Face flies can spread diseases like pink eye to cattle, and horn flies - biting flies that live on cows and take up to 20 blood meals per day - in large enough numbers can impac . . .
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Dung beetles combat flies; insecticide overuse harms beetles
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Anyone who has walked through a barn or cattle pasture in the summer knows that flies are a nuisance and even a health hazard. Face flies can spread diseases like pink eye to cattle, and horn flies - biting flies that live on cows and take up to 20 blood meals per day - in large enough numbers can impac . . .