See it? Squish it! Fighting the invasive spotted lanter...
The word is out in New York City and beyond
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The word is out in New York City and beyond
When Stephen Nixon recently noticed a “beautiful” spotted lanternfly by his bag as he skateboarded in Brooklyn, he heeded the request of city officials. He stomped on it.
The insect, found now across the mid-Atlantic, is a danger to crops such as grapes. So in New York and other states, they're to be killed on sight.
Kill-on-sight requests in New York City and elsewhere are a part of public campaigns to fight an invasive insect now massing and feeding on plants around much of the eastern United States.
Kill-on-sight requests are a part of public campaigns to fight an invasive insect now massing and feeding on plants around much of the eastern United States.