Boosting the numbers of a tiny parasitic wasp could help control the brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys), an invasive pest threatening crops including apples, cherries and corn. In the ...

Jul. 26—ALMA — In a quiet field of abandoned blueberries and shrubby brush in south Georgia, Cera Jones released hundreds of tiny parasitic wasps into the thicket and watched them fly away, following ...

Starting next month in Marion county, scientists at Oregon State University will release a parasitic species of wasp to control an invasive pest that infests fruits as they ripen, costing half a ...

Galls are small, tumor-like growths formed on plants that act as incubators for oak gall wasp larvae. Parasitic wasps often lay their own eggs in these galls, which later feed on their victims. North ...

John E. Woodmansee Photo: Tobacco hornworm on a tomato plant that has been attacked by a parasitic Braconid wasp. The white capsules on its back are the pupal stage of the tiny wasp. Braconid larvae ...

The main control for invasive stink bugs in Michigan is a parasitic wasp. Video courtesy of Oregon State University and Chris Hedstrom.

Scientists have sounded the alarm after a study found parasitic wasps from Europe on both the East and West Coasts of the United States. While parasitic wasps can offer important ecological benefits, ...