date:Nov 06, 2018
d in the north-eastern USA in 2014, and the wasps is now spreading throughout the country. It is known to search for hosts on trees and CABI is also conducting experiments in China to see if if attacks brown marmorated stink bug eggs in field crops.
In 2017, Stahl and Dr Haye conducted the first set of laboratory tests, exposing egg masses of native European stink bugs to Trissolcus japonicus under quarantine conditions. The aim is to see if the wasp can be an effective save biological control