U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service scientists are leading efforts to introduce a specialized parasitic wasp to combat the highly destructive invasive spotted lanternfly.
Enlist enemy to eliminate pest
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The adult female parasitic wasp species -- Dryinus sinicus -- may be the answer to combating the invasive spotted lanternfly because the wasp will attack spotted lanternfly nymphs.
The invasive spotted lanternfly swarms a tree branch.
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