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Insects feast on the cherries or use them as nurseries for their young—advantageous for the bugs, less so for growers. The coffee berry borer beetle, perhaps the most notorious offender, is estimated to inflict $500 million in losses on coffee farms annually.",[16,20,21],{},"Reports of wildlife damaging coffee are familiar: fewer viable plants and cherries, diminished quality. Researchers have catalogued more than 900 insect species—alongside nematodes, birds, snails, and other creatures—capable of attacking the coffee plant.",[16,23,24],{},"Yet farms sit within broader ecosystems, so it is worth asking what animals do for coffee. While pests are condemned and infestations wiped out, coffee's animal allies deserve attention too. 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The researcher first saw evidence of the invasive species in Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii, but over the following decade, the coffee berry borer spread to Oahu, Maui, and Kauai.",[16,42,43],{},"The United States government has spent millions combating coffee berry borers, including the USDA, which invested over a million dollars to help quell outbreaks—yet borers still plague farms across the state. Over the last decade, farmers have been encouraged to try dozens of different methods to eradicate the beetles, including using insecticides and specific fungus applications to control spread.",[45,46,47,50],"blockquote",{},[16,48,49],{},"We found that the wasps will only attack coffee berry borer and its very closest relatives—which are all invasive in Hawaii already—such as tropical nut borer, a pest of macadamia.",[16,51,52],{},"Mark Wright, University of Hawaii at Manoa",[16,54,55,56,59,60,62],{},"More recently, researchers have proposed another solution. 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