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To Fight Invasive Bug, Hawaii Enlists a Cousin
September 17, 2007, 5:34 pm
Filed under: Bugs in the News

“The state is seeking approval to release a tiny African insect on all islands that is believed to be the best hope in controlling its invasive cousin — the destructive Erythrina gall wasp. Since it was first detected in Manoa two years ago, the wasp has killed thousands of trees from urban Honolulu to remote regions of the Neighbor Islands.”

See the full story at: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Sep/16/ln/hawaii709160348.html


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