The lanternflies are here. Is it okay to stomp them? ^8%

Vox - By Sally Helm - 7/7/2026, 11:00 AM

Appeal to Emotion 13.5% - Negativity Bias 8% - Appeal to Authority 6.6%

Last summer, I was standing on a block near my house when I saw a very distinctive bug skittering up a tree trunk. It had a polka-dotty wing, with red underneath. It was, unmistakably, an invasive spotted lanternfly. These are all over Brooklyn — they took off here around 2020 and 2021. And I knew what I was supposed to do in this... more