Tomato growers know the tobacco hornworm can destroy a plant overnight. But a tiny natural ally helps keep them in check: the braconid wasp. Producer Michelle Lotker visits Dr. Adrian Smith, who works at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and runs the independent Ant Lab, to show how these wasps take down their larger foes. And, a surprise: hornworms glow under UV light! Learn more with Sci NC. | PBS North Carolina
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