A trial in Italy deployed a local wasp that lays eggs contained in the eggs of the brown marmorated stink bug, an invasive pest that feeds on apples and different crops
Life
23 June 2022
A brown marmorated stink bug Mihai_Andritoiu/Shutterstock
Boosting the numbers of a tiny parasitic wasp may assist management the brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys), an invasive pest threatening a variety of crops together with apples, cherries and corn.
Within the first large-scale European discipline trial of a organic management towards H. halys, mass releases of the wasp (Anastatus bifasciatus) in elements of northern Italy elevated parasitism of the bug’s eggs. The wasp, which is native to Europe, lays its eggs contained in the eggs of the pest, and their younger develop by feeding …
