Wasp - Landscape Ontario

A female parasitic wasp.

Wasp feeds on EAB larvae

Wasps to be released across site sites in Ontario and Quebec.

Canadian researchers develop wasp to fight EAB

Researchers at the Great Lakes Forestry Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., are planning on rearing 10- to 12,000 tiny Tetrastichus wasps, which feed on emerald ash borer larvae.

Tetrastichus planipennisi, a natural enemy of emerald ash borer, offers hope as a management tool.

Wasps released to combat EAB

Wasps have been released in limited areas in Huron County, southwestern Ontario, by Natural Resources Canada.

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