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Here’s Why You Should Kill Spotted Lanternflies (if you see them in your garden) - The New York Times (free article) (www.nytimes.com)

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Very invasive, like bedbugs of the garden. They prey on grapevines and other plants in your garden, and are spreading quickly. Kill them if you see them or their mud-like eggs!

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[–] Trabic@lemmy.one 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I've killed a couple up here in CT, but now that I know they eat grapevines, which make a run at choking everything in my garden out , I'm having second thoughts.

It's a bit "old lady who swallowed a fly" but if they develop a taste for bittersweet...