High temperatures boost blowfly threat.(News) From: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) | Date: August 23, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 MGN Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

SOARING August tempera-tures mean the risk of blowfly strike is now at maximum levels in the south of the country and extremely high virtually everywhere.

'Areas that get any rainfall towards the end of the month should be on red alert for blowfly strike,' Professor Richard Wall of the University of Bristol warned.

'On a scale of 1 to 10 - where 1 equates to little or no risk and 10 the highest level of risk - the whole of southern England and Wales are now a...