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Wasps appear to reduce nettle caterpillar numbers

By Rosemarie Bernardo

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 24, 2011

~~<p>Question: Whatever happened to the project to control the infestation of nettle caterpillars in various parts of Hawaii?</p>
<p>Answer: Entomologists are regularly monitoring the infestation through experimental sites set up across the state to observe the effects stingless wasps, the biological agent, have on nettle caterpillars.</p>
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Question: Whatever happened to the project to control the infestation of nettle caterpillars in various parts of Hawaii?

Answer: Entomologists are regularly monitoring the infestation through experimental sites set up across the state to observe the effects stingless wasps, the biological agent, have on nettle caterpillars. Login for more...



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