The invasive Kudzu vine has finally met its match. The problem? It's killer--the kudzu bug--is an invasive species, too. WSJ's Valerie Bauerlein reports from Griffin, Ga.

Limiting the growth of the kudzu vine with consistent defoliation will help to weaken it, but not kill it. 'After a few years ...

What is kudzu? Did you know that this plant isn't actually from the southern US? These are fast-growing, invasive vines native to Japan and southeast China that have become a major ecological concern.

It sure seemed like a good idea at the time. In the 1930s, farmers and government agents across the American South sowed fields with a popular new Asian import called kudzu that promised to help fight ...

Kudzu is sometimes called "the vine that ate the South." Anyone who's lived or visited the southeastern U.S. can certainly understand why. The fast-growing vine swarms over trees and buildings and ...