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Wasps can be pests in NZ – but they have potential to be pest controllers too

By Jennifer Jandt, Senior Lecturer in Ecology, University of Otago
Amy Toth, Professor & Chair, Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Iowa State University

Research shows wasps are active and useful predators of caterpillars on crop plants, but we need to know more about their full biocontrol potential.

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