Wasp Released to Help Fight Stinging Caterpillar

In this video, employees from the Hawaii Department of Agriculture release a wasp from Taiwan in order to control an invasive caterpillar which is also from Taiwan. In this classic example of biocontrol, the wasp lays its eggs on the larvae of the nettle caterpillar and when the eggs hatch, the wasp pupae feed on the caterpillar larvae. Watch the video [1].