20,000 tiny wasps released into orchards to fight the codling moth threat to apples | Video, photos

David Fitzsimons
April 21 2017 - 5:30pm
ATTACK WEAPON: Research scientist David Williams with a container of wasps ready to fight the codling moth threat to Orange region apples. Photo: DAVID FITZSIMONS
ATTACK WEAPON: Research scientist David Williams with a container of wasps ready to fight the codling moth threat to Orange region apples. Photo: DAVID FITZSIMONS

If you thought the movie character Borat was Kazakhstan’s most potent export then you haven’t heard of these tiny killers.

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David Fitzsimons

I am a senior journalist at the Central Western Daily concentrating on council, government and real estate issues. Before moving to Orange I filled senior roles at the Daily Telegraph, Daily Telegraph-Mirror and the Daily Mirror in Sydney. They included being an editor, news editor, chief of staff and reporter.

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