Spotted lanternflies are eating crops of apples, grapes and hops, and destroying native trees such as maple, walnut and willow

The official public guidance is simple and to the point: “Kill it! Squash it, smash it … just get rid of it!”

Such is the threat posed by a summer invasion of troublesome spotted lanternfly insects in the north-east that Pennsylvania’s department of agriculture has resorted to the unorthodox language in its advice on dealing with the pest.

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Source: The Guardian