Mite-y biocontrol

From Country Life 18 September 2015

Landcare Research biocontrol scientists Ronny Groenteman and Bob Brown are looking at the potential of a mite discovered in some wasp nests to be a biocontrol agent to reduce wasp numbers in New Zealand.

Landcare Research scientists Bob Brown and Ronny Groenteman

Bob Brown in the lab at Lancare Research

A wasp (photo Bob Brown)

Mites on a wasp (photo Bob Brown)

Mites (photo Bob Brown)

Wasp on a small honey comb (photo Bob Brown)

Bob Brown finds a wasp nest

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