A recently discovered wasp can apparently control the minds of its victims. Euderus set, otherwise known as the crypt-keeper wasp, has the uncanny ability to control the actions of multiple species of ...

The chestnut gall wasp, Dryocosmus kuriphilus, represents a significant threat to chestnut production worldwide due to its capacity to induce extensive gall formation that compromises tree health and ...

University of Iowa Forbes Lab researchers documented evidence of a parasitic wasp called Euderus set that can use multiple species of the insect as its host. UI Ph.D. candidate Anna Ward worked on the ...

Residents of Leon and Wakulla counties may be noticing dead or dying laurel oaks in yards or along the roads. If you look at these trees carefully, you will see round, wooden balls on the twigs and ...

Jun 25, 2023 Jun 25, 2023 Updated Jul 29, 2024 When some Central High School students hopped on rafts to travel the Ruby-Horsethief stretch of the Colorado River in May on an overnight camping trip, ...

There is a killer bug buzzing around Australia which scientists are breeding as a biological warfare agent. The parasitic wasp is such a sought-after insect, researchers from South Africa even came ...

In northern New England, acorns ripen in late summer and normally drop from oak trees from September through October. They may fall earlier, however, for a host of reasons, from eager squirrels ...

In an effort to save wiliwili trees, the only species of its kind that naturally occurs in Hawaii, state officials are finalizing the details of a plan to fight off an invasive wasp that’s been ...

Reinforcements are being called to the front lines of a wasp-on-wasp war that has native wiliwili trees in Maui County and on other Hawaiian Islands hanging in the balance. Officials are asking that a ...

A recently discovered wasp can apparently control the minds of its victims. Euderus set, otherwise known as the crypt-keeper wasp, has the uncanny ability to control the actions of multiple species of ...