Unfortunately, when you drop a species into an ecosystem where it has no natural predators, it tends to run wild. Such has been the case with plants like kudzu and insects like the emerald ash ...

Unlike its native Asian habitat, where it had natural predators, like insects and two species of spider mites, keeping it in check, the US offered this invasive vine free reign. So, what is kudzu?

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — Often called “the vine that ate the South,” Kudzu is an invasive plant that has its grip over a great deal of land in West Virginia, and it all began with an expo.