Pennsylvanians cannot stomp their feet fast enough. They're trying. But no matter how many spotted lantern flies they crush underfoot, they cannot seem to keep the hordes of the invasive insect from flapping in their faces, sucking nutrients from valuable vineyards and lurking in their nightmares
They’re trying. But no matter how many spotted lantern flies they crush underfoot, they cannot seem to keep the hordes of the invasive insect from flapping in their faces, sucking nutrients from valuable vineyards and lurking in their nightmares. Even after death, they pester commuters when their carcasses crunch underfoot on city sidewalks.
The lantern flies have already been spotted in eight states, from Virginia to Massachusetts, leading to quarantines and yearlong abatement efforts. Left alive, the pests could continue flying into more states, injuring trees, reducing fruit yields and hurting farmers’ bottom lines.
The bugs can be quite clumsy, flying haphazardly into pedestrians and windshields, said Heather Leach, an entomologist who studies spotted lantern flies at Pennsylvania State University. “The volume of grapes has been reduced dramatically,” said Colleen Norheim, the winery’s tasting room manager. “I have a feeling they’ll never go away unless they get a true enemy that annihilates them.”
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