Enter Aprostocetus nitens. The small (1.1 to 1.7 millimeter long), shiny black and metallic green wasp, comes from gall wasps’ motherland of Africa. It doesn’t need to have a male for ...

A metallic green insect smaller than a penny threatens to destroy Minnesota’s 867 million ash trees. Local agencies are concerned after the emerald ash borer was found recently in Wisconsin ...

This is where the shiny black and metallic green wasp, Aprostocetus nitens, come in. Sizing in between 1.1 to 1.7 millimeters in length and originating from Africa, A. nitens don’t need to have ...

A metallic green insect smaller than a penny is responsible for the destruction of 20 million ash trees in the United States and is threatening Minnesota’s ash trees. The emerald ash borer ...