Citizens of Colton, California are not big fans of flies. But one fly in particular, the Delhi Sands Fly, is giving them extra headaches.
The flower-loving fly, which zips around drinking nectar, has upset the people living in Colton because it is endangered.
The federal government made a rule in 1993 that Colton, where the fly is most abundant, must stop construction to save the fly.
But since Colton is 100km east of Los Angeles, the land is valuable and new buildings would bring lots of money to the city.
That means people in Colton would like to see more construction even if that hurts the fly.
"It's absurd that an economy and a community should be held hostage by a fly," said Daryl Parrish, the city manager.
The city may make a deal where they leave some land for the fly and develop other land.
加州柯頓市市民不怎麼喜歡蒼
蠅，不過德里沙蠅讓他們特別頭痛。
喜歡花朵，四處汲取花蜜的德里沙蠅，因為是瀕臨絕種昆蟲，讓柯頓市居民很頭大。
聯邦政府在一九九三年規定德里沙蠅最多的柯頓市必須停止建設以拯救蒼蠅。
柯頓市因位在洛杉磯東邊一百公里處，土地非常值錢，新建築可為市政府帶來大筆收入。
這表示柯頓市的人想要更多建築物，儘管這種做法會威脅到蒼蠅的生存空間。
市政經理達洛．派里許表示︰「經濟和社區發展得受限於沙蠅，這實在太荒謬了。」
市府可能打算為沙蠅保留部分土地，並開發其他土地。
（美聯社╱翻譯︰鄭湘儀）
1. fly n.
蒼蠅 (cang1 ying2)
例: Common house flies love to eat garbage.
(一般家蠅喜食垃圾。)
2. abundant adj.
大量的 (da4 liang4 de5)
例: We have an abundant amount of food for dinner.
(我們晚餐的份量很足。)
3. construction n.
建築物 (jian4 zhu2 wu4) 、施工 (shi1 gong1)
例: The construction on this road makes traffic terrible.
(這條路因施工而交通混亂。)
4. absurd adj.
荒謬的 (huang1 miu4 de5)
例: Your plan to make a car out of recycled bottles is absurd.
(你打算用回收瓶罐造車的計畫很荒謬。)
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