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Chinese ‘Samurai wasp’ invades to kill destructive stink bug

By Paul Bedard

Published September 19, 2017 12:00pm ET

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Chinese ‘Samurai wasp’ invades to kill destructive stink bug — FILE - This Thursday, April 14, 2011 file photo shows a brown marmorated stink bug at a Penn State research station in Biglerville, Pa. The bug is causing millions of dollars in damages to crops in the mid-Atlantic region and may be just getting started. It's now been spotted in 33 states, including every one east of the Mississippi River and as far west as California. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) | Matt Rourke

Nearly two decades after it accidentally arrived from China, spreading its destruction of vineyards, orchards and fields to 43 states and Canada, the stink bug has finally met its match from another accidental Chinese hitchhiker, the “samurai wasp,” according to federal officials.

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