New Yorkers Are Killing Spotted Lanternflies. Is It Working? The infestation of invasive spotted lanternflies is leveling off in some parts of the city, and growing in others. Officials are urging New Yorkers to keep killing them.
In the Lanternfly War, Some Take the Bug’s Side Even as the invasive pest spreads across 11 states and threatens agriculture, lanternflies are winning sympathizers who resist kill-on-sight orders.
We Went on a Lanternfly-Killing Rampage. They’re Still Here. The spotted lanternfly, an invasive pest that ecologists have urged the populace to squish on sight, is back, infesting the New York City area.