A tiny wasp sneaks into US and prospers

Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - 18:30 in Biology & Nature

A tiny wasp with iridescent wings showed up in upstate New York in 2010. Just one year later it was spotted in Irvine, Calif. — suggesting the fairyfly wasp is now well established in the United States within a year of sneaking into the country, a scientist says.

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