Sirex noctilio, also known as the Sirex woodwasp.
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23 June 2022
A superwasp able to produce 1,000 offspring is threatening vast forests in North America, a new study has revealed. The Sirex woodwasp lays its eggs on pine trees in a mucus and a fungus that are both deadly to the host. The species - native to Asia, Europe an North Africa - has already...