{"id":3444,"date":"2016-06-10T03:49:59","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T08:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/blog\/?p=3444"},"modified":"2016-05-30T14:53:03","modified_gmt":"2016-05-30T19:53:03","slug":"new-wasp-species-gets-a-celebrity-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.allisonpest.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/10\/new-wasp-species-gets-a-celebrity-name\/","title":{"rendered":"New Wasp Species Gets a Celebrity Name"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3098\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3098\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3098\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Depositphotos_19747935_xs-hornet-300x253.jpg\" alt=\"The Brad Pitt Wasp\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.allisonpest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Depositphotos_19747935_xs-hornet-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.allisonpest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Depositphotos_19747935_xs-hornet-350x295.jpg 350w, https:\/\/new.allisonpest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Depositphotos_19747935_xs-hornet.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Brad Pitt Wasp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Not all wasps are pests. Although we think of wasps as a nuisance, in many parts of the world and even in the US, wasps are actually quite good at controlling other pests. Sometimes, after their discovery, a new species is given a celebrity name.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meet Conobregma bradpitti<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This particular South African wasp was discovered by the University of Thailand. It is a type of wasp that becomes a parasite on harmful moth and butterfly larvae. They lay their eggs into the host, which then begins to harden and acts like a wasp cocoon. Fully grown wasps emerge and the cycle begins again. For the wasp family of insects, this one is a beneficial predator.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brad Pitt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>University researcher, Buntika A. Butcher, was allowed to name the wasp and she choose C bradpitti because of the long hours of research spent under a poster of &#8230; you guessed it &#8230; Brad Pitt.<\/p>\n<p>It just goes to show you that being famous has its perks, even to the point of getting a wasp named after you. You&#8217;ve gotta love it!<\/p>\n<p>For NJ pest control at its finest, if you have any questions about wasps of any type, where to look for them and what to do, please contact <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Allison Pest Control<\/a>. We offer a free pest inspection, and have been proudly serving the Monmouth and Ocean Counties since 1917.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not all wasps are pests. Although we think of wasps as a nuisance, in many parts of the world and even in the US, wasps are actually quite good at controlling other pests. Sometimes, after their discovery, a new species is given a celebrity name. Meet Conobregma bradpitti This particular South African wasp was discovered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,320],"tags":[235,26],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Wasp Species Gets a Celebrity Name - Allison Pest Control<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new.allisonpest.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/10\/new-wasp-species-gets-a-celebrity-name\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Wasp Species Gets a Celebrity Name - Allison Pest Control\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Not all wasps are pests. 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