Seminario ‘Towards protecting people, Agriculture and Nature from pest wasps’

Wasps introduced to New Zealand from Europe cost at least €70m per year, but this is nothing compared with the costs of personal loathing of wasps and their broader impacts on industries and nature. In this seminar, Eric Edwards will take us through the journey of many researchers who are trying to suppress wasps at big scales with new technologies. Nature is intricate and learning more about how wasps live, their physiology, genes and behaviour could lead to using their own specific weaknesses against them without harming bees or other insects.