A beautiful menace is on the move in the United States. Polka-dotted, red-and-gray-winged insects are gliding along sidewalks, climbing on plants and crawling up buildings. Spotted youngsters are leaping away to avoid a sticky end at the bottom of a shoe.
Welcome to spotted lanternfly season.
An invasive plant hopper native to parts of China, India and Vietnam, spotted lanternflies (Lycoma delicatula) have been making their way across the Mid-Atlantic and northeastern United States for more than a decade, and some studies suggest they could reach California in the not-too-distant future.
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