Wasp 'SWAT team' to the rescue of Indonesian cassava crop
Jakarta (AFP) Sept 24, 2014 - An "eco-friendly SWAT team" of 2,000 tiny wasps was released in Indonesia Wednesday to battle bugs threatening to devour cassava crops, a major staple and source of income for millions. The two-millimetre A. Lopezi parasitic wasps work by laying larvae that consume the mealybugs from the inside and mummify them. The wasps must eat the pest to survive. The cassava pink mealybug is native ... more
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