The worm is back — tracking it with facts, not fear.
🐦 Join the X Community 📰 Daily ReportEnter a restaurant chain or major grocer to see a neutral summary of its publicly reported beef sourcing, with a source link and a map of any named facilities relative to detections. General context only — not a safety assessment. ~70 brands loaded (Taco Bell, Texas Roadhouse, H-E-B, Walmart, Whole Foods, and more).
Moving animals out of a screwworm-affected area (e.g., Texas / New Mexico infested zones)? Pick the destination state to see the import rules it has put in place. Rules are changing fast — this is a general summary for awareness only. Always confirm current requirements with the destination state's animal-health office and USDA before moving any animal.
Authoritative interstate lookup: Interstate Animal Movement Requirements (GVL) · USDA APHIS. Requirements often depend on species and whether the origin is inside an active Infested Zone.
To suppress the outbreak, USDA releases millions of radiation-sterilized screwworm flies by air (the "sterile insect technique"). Release & survey aircraft fly repetitive low grid patterns. This map live-scans community ADS-B (airplanes.live) for aircraft below ~8,500 ft over South/Central Texas, draws their trails, and auto-flags survey-style grid patterns. Filter between grid-only, maybe-relevant, and all low aircraft; click any plane to share it. Refreshes ~every 30s.
⚠️ Shows low-flying aircraft (crop-dusters, training, medical, charter, survey, etc.) — most unrelated to screwworm operations, none officially confirmed. Pattern detection is a heuristic. See Screwworm.gov.
Females lay eggs at the edge of a wound; larvae (the "screwworms") burrow into living tissue, then drop to the soil to pupate and emerge as adult flies. Recognizing it early and reporting it is key.
Diagram is illustrative. For official identification photos, see the USDA APHIS Story Map.
Publicly known beef processors near the region (contextual reference only). Inclusion does not imply any facility is connected to the current situation.
Put the live detections map on your own site, blog, or co-op page with one line of HTML — it updates automatically from the same data feed. Free to use with attribution.
Please keep the “Powered by” link intact. The widget is for general awareness/education and is not an official source.