New York Released Wasps to Save Its Ash Trees — What Happened Next Was Unreal
New York Released Wasps to Save Its Ash Trees — What Happened Next Was Unreal New York faced the loss of nine hundred million ash trees to an invasive beetle no bigger than a grain of rice. After quarantines and pesticides failed, scientists released millions of stingless wasps to hunt it. Here's what actually happened, told through the data and the researchers who ran it. Sources: USDA APHIS, USDA Agricultural Research Service, USDA Forest Service, NY State Parks, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Natural Areas Conservancy NYC. Key sources: USDA ARS — De wasp recruited to fight emerald ash borer: https://scientificdiscoveries.ars.usd... NY State Parks — Wasp Warriors: https://nystateparks.blog/2021/05/11/... Entomology Today — Spathius galinae: https://entomologytoday.org/2019/07/1... WBUR — Duan / New England research: https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/02/21/... Natural Areas Conservancy NYC (10-year assessment): https://naturalareasnyc.org/nycs-fore... APHIS EAB program: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant-pest...
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