))
Bug fight: the emerald ash borer vs. parasitic wasps
Manage episode 314742135 series 3291725
Content provided by Canadian Food Inspection Agency. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Canadian Food Inspection Agency or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://ppacc.player.fm/legal.
“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 movie Alien, where the thing comes bursting out of the dude's chest…that's how parasitoids work.”
― Chris MacQuarrie, Research scientist for the Canadian Forest Service at Natural Resources Canada
Since its arrival in North America in 2002, the emerald ash borer has killed millions of ash trees, with billions more at risk. To mitigate the damage, Canadian scientists have released 100,000 parasitic wasps into the wild. In this two-part series with Natural Resources Canada, we dive into the fascinating science of biological control agents: bugs fighting bugs.
Simply Science podcast (Natural Resources Canada): Who can take on the spruce budworm?
https://nrcan.canada.ca/simply-science/who-can-take-on-the-spruce-budworm/23893
13 episodes
Share
