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When garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) was brought to North America from Europe more than a century ago, no one predicted it would carpet thousands of acres of forestland, choke out native plants and even disrupt the development of a rare native butterfly, Pieris napi oleracea. But now scientists are using an innovative computer program to find the perfect predator for garlic mustard and regain the upper hand.