Bug fight: the emerald ash borer vs. parasitic wasps

Inspect and Protect by Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Oct 13, 202100:16:21Government & Organizations

“It's a tiny wasp, you know, the tip of a pin size. And it comes along, finds an emerald ash borer egg and lays its egg inside that egg. And then it hatches and emerges as a wasp. What we say is, if you've ever seen the...

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