lanternflies

The spotted lanternfly may look innocent, but these ravenous creatures have been known to decimate crops, causing to various fruit trees since being accidentally introduced to this country nearly a decade ago. The big idea right now is to introduce several species of wasps into the mid-atlantic ecosystem to hunt and eat the lanternflies, but students at have developed an alternative plan in the form of a robot death machine. It’s called TartanPest and uses a combination of technologies and components to autonomously…

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It’s spring. Trees have leaves again. The birds are chirping. And insects are crawling back out of hell from their winter slumber, including the invasive spotted lanternfly.Simone Giertz on Project Failures | Gizmodo Talks Jessica Ware, an entomologist and an associate curator in the division of invertebrate zoology at the American Museum of Natural History, confirmed to Earther that the Northeast is going to see a lot of the spotty insects this summer. It was introduced into the U.S. from China in 2012 and has quickly…

It's 2 p.m. in Pylesville, Maryland, and Mike Fiore is patrolling the vineyards he's owned since 1975 for an insect that recently began wreaking havoc on his property – the invasive spotted lanternfly. "If we don't destroy them, destroy us," said Fiore, a 78-year-old immigrant from Italy whose family has been in the wine business for more than 300 years. "This is the most destructive insect."According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the vampire-like planthopper feeds on a wide range of ornamental, fruit and woody…

If you see a spotted lanternfly, kill it. Immediately. And without hesitation. That’s our civic duty, according to state officials in New York, Pennsylvania, and other states where these invasive species — which are neither flies nor moths but a type of insect known as a planthopper — have multiplied in recent years. The kill-on-sight order is rooted in a legitimate concern. Spotted lanternflies drink the sap of dozens of different plants, including commercial ones like grapevines. They can weaken and sometimes kill…