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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/16/nyregion/spotted-lanternfly-nyc.html?smid=tw-share
Die, Beautiful Spotted Lanternfly, Die
There’s a new natural predator in New York City, and the government wants us to kill it. Can we summon the resolve?
SNIP...”Mr. Biollo understood that the lanternfly is a problem for many reasons, but mostly because it zealously feeds on the sap of more than 70 plant species, leaving them susceptible to disease and destruction from other natural antagonists, threatening to set back the fight against climate change. In Pennsylvania, the issue is taken so seriously that the state issued a Spotted Lanternfly Order of Quarantine and Treatment, which imposes fines and even potential criminal penalties on anyone who intentionally moves the bug, at any stage of its life, from one sort of location to another via “recreational vehicles, tractors, mowers, grills” as well as “tarps, mobile homes, tile, stone, deck boards” or “fire pits.”...
The lanternfly have invaded our area. They are everywhere esp at office/store/school building entrances. Are they attracted to the cool dry air???
We are squishing them.