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Wis. researchers use wasps to fight beetle

Wisconsin researchers have released tiny parasitic wasps as part of an effort to slow the population growth of a destructive beetle species that has destroyed millions of trees. University of Wisconsin-Madison entomologists released 800 stingless Asian wasps from four plastic cups at the Riveredge Nature Center in Newburg Wednesday, so they can feast on the larvae of the emerald ash borer.