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Sticky tape to trap spotted lanternflies can hurt wildlife

Traps that are meant to protect crops, plants and trees from spotted lanternflies are hurting wildlife, and it s happening a lot.A woodpecker arrived Thursday at Raven Ridge Wildlife Center in Lancaster County in rough shape. It was still stuck to a piece of a lanternfly trap.Shaylyn McComsey spotted the bird on the sticky tape that is wrapped around a number of trees in the family s backyard in Willow Street. I was like, Oh, my God, I don t know how he got on there, she said.McComsey cut the tape off with the bird attached, as advised, and called a rescue organization that delivered it to Raven Ridge.Tracie Young, the wildlife center s director, got to work freeing the bird after giving it some pain medication. She used a special solution to break down the adhesive, which was covered with other insects. Young got the bird loose after about five minutes, but it has broken wings and lost tail feathers.Young said wildlife becoming stuck on spotted lanternfly traps is a common o

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