♦ They are not strong flyers, and hop or fly clumsily around. ♦ The lanternfly’s preferred host is the tree-of-heaven, which can grow quickly along roadsides, railways and other areas with recently ...

Turns out the lantern flies are the ones crushing it. The Big Apple apparently claimed a premature victory in the war against the pesky bug last year — with officials now admitting the infamous “Stomp ...

This year's National Invasive Species Awareness Week (NISAW) is February 24-28, 2025. Invasive species are plants, animals, and pathogens that are not native to our ecosystem and whose introduction ...

It’s time to “Spot, Scrape, Squish!” Managing those early stages caught on, as many people were seen eliminating insects on ...

Georgia officials are keeping an eye out for any sign of the invasive spotted lanternfly in the Peach State. The insect is native to Asia and has now been confirmed in 19 states. Georgia has had one ...

GREENVILLE — For years, South Carolina has braced for the arrival of a tiny spotted insect that measures just one inch long. Don't be fooled by this moth-looking bug with red, black and brown wings: ...

A "new" invasive species has found its way to Georgia. The state's department of agriculture reported via news release on Thursday that the Spotted Lanternfly has been seen in the Peach State. This ...

The egg masses of the spotted lanternfly can be hard to spot. The adult form of the spotted lanternfly is hard to miss. You don’t have to tell Alan Cattabriga that the invasive spotted lanternfly is a ...