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The Conservation: A creepy-crawly hana hou

Little fire ant
Z. Pezzillo
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Maui Invasive Species Committee
File - Little fire ants are invasive to Hawaiʻi.

On today's episode of The Conversation, we're reairing some of our recent interviews about invasive bugs.

  • Harvard researcher Qian Tang on how German cockroaches found their way to Hawaiʻi | Full Story
  • Kiyoshi Adachi, extension agent with the Hawaiʻi Ant Lab on the continuing battle against the little fire ant on Hawaiʻi Island | Full Story
  • Kapua Kawelo, natural resource manager with U.S. Army's DPW Environmental Division, Natural Resources Program on efforts to combat invasive bugs in her community | Full Story
  • University of Hawaiʻi extension agent Amjad Ahmad shares different ways to manage and control the avocado lace bug pest | Full Story
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Born in Honolulu and raised on Hawaiʻi Island, Russell Subiono has spent the last decade working in local film, television and radio. He was previously the executive producer of <i>The Conversation</i> and host of HPR's <i>This Is Our Hawaiʻi</i> podcast. Contact him at rsubiono@hawaiipublicradio.org.
Lillian Tsang is the senior producer of The Conversation. She has been part of the talk show team since it first aired in 2011. Contact her at ltsang@hawaiipublicradio.org.
Maddie Bender is the executive producer of The Conversation. She also provided production assistance on HPR's "This Is Our Hawaiʻi" podcast. Contact her at mbender@hawaiipublicradio.org.
Catherine Cruz is the host of The Conversation. Contact her at ccruz@hawaiipublicradio.org.
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