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Breeding out sheep blowflies on KI

Episode 280 - November 20, 2025

The ambitious project to use sterile flies to rid Kangaroo Island of the sheep blowfly is showing very good early results. Hear from SARDI entemologist Maarten van Helden about results so far and the innovations and difficult work in the production of many millions of sterile flies.