Its name sounds dangerous — the samurai wasp — but the tiny invasive parasite’s appearance in Canada for the first…
Its name sounds dangerous — the samurai wasp — but the tiny invasive parasite’s appearance in Canada for the first time may not actually be a bad thing.
The wasp lays its eggs inside the eggs of another invasive insect, the brown marmorated stink bug, killing the embryo. #cdnpoli
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The problem is that it might find a native insect to lie its eggs in.
I’m really happy to learn they are small 😁
nationalgeographic.org – invasive species | National Geographic Society
Most certainly not a good idea. The list of invasive species is long in time become “pests” which are very difficult to get rid of again.
A very sad film comes to my mind.
Some time in the 1960’s, in the heart of Africa, a new animal was introduced into Lake Victoria as a little scientific experiment. The Nile Perch, a voracious predator, extinguished almost the entire stock of the native fish species. However, the new fish multiplied so fast, that its white fillets are today exported all around the world. https://www.darwinsnightmare.com/darwin/html/startset.htm
Darwin’s Nightmare. A tale about humans between the North and the South, about globalization, and about fish.
Darwins Alptraum. (Parts also spoken in English).