Originally from China, spotted lanternflies first came to the United States in 2014. Since then, their populations have ...
A spotted lanternfly invasion has continued across the country and into Kentucky. According to a Kentucky Office of the State ...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — The first spotted lanternfly was identified in north Fayette County in the second half of 2025. It continues a trend of the bug moving into new counties across Kentucky. Now, ...
Spotted lanternflies are adapting to the pressures of city life such as heat, pollution, and pesticides, according to genomic ...
Spotted lanternflies are adapting to the pressures of city life such as heat, pollution, and pesticides, according to genomic analyses of the invasive ...
The spotted lanternfly has descended on fruit orchards and maple trees and much of the mid-Atlantic region. It's an invasive species that can overtake and kill grapevines. So one vineyard in Virginia ...
Kentucky Faces 'Full-Blown Invasion' of Pest That Wipes Out Fruit Trees ...
City heat, pollution, and pesticides helped spotted lanternflies evolve traits that made them highly successful invaders, new ...