Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 2, Number 42, DeMotte, Jasper County, 2 March 1933 — New Expedition Wars on Parasites [ARTICLE]

New Expedition Wars on Parasites

Washington.--The new fighting forces which America sends against her enemies are not only successful in their militant activities, but are liking the country fine, settling down there and thriving nicely. The new “A. E. F.,” composing large numbers of a native North American parasite, Macrocentrus ancylivorus, was sent abroad last year by the United States bureau of entomology to help France fight the Oriental fruit moth, a destructive pest. The American parasites are said to be killing off the moths in the infested orchards along the Mediterranean and are multiplying and thriving in their adopted country.