Scientist will use a non-stinging wasp to carry on biological warfare against the critter that poses the threat of laying waste to complete forest canopies. They will be doing this in order to stop the beetle in its bark tracks.

Scientists accept that little could be done for eradicating the evasive EAB instantly, however the City of Montreal, in association with the Canadian Forestry Service and United States Department of Agriculture, has introduced a wasp called tetrastichus planipennisi and a pathogenic insect fungi to decrease the spread of the beetle in the neighborhood.

As per reports, two wasp-release sites have been established in Montreal at the Botanical Gardens and Bois-de-Liesse nature park.

Dr. Maryse Barrette, a research agent with the city's integrated pest management team said that they are coming up with another mortality factor to kill the EAB and it could be a very good opportunity to control the EAB or curb the population in woodlots in Montreal.

Dr. Robert Lavallée, an entomologist and research scientist with CFS, said that the traps have been made to introduce a disease, which could be transmitted through the EAB population. He added that they place traps where the ash borer is found, at the top of the canopy, since the insect loves sun-exposure.

According to Lavallée, "We try to attract the beetles inside the traps where they will be contaminated by the fungi. And when the beetles fly away from the trap, we hope they will contaminate their partner during mating. So we hope to introduce a disease into the (EAB) population".