Source: YADKIN RIPPLE, 5/6/20


I’ve grown weary of living in fear of things I can’t see. Happily, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture is raising a call for help — they need our collective eyes watching for the arrival of Lycorma delicatula, commonly known as the spotted lanternfly — at least this is a foe I can spot. This is very bad bug, it has been making a mess, both environmentally and economically, in states north of here. North Carolina experts believe the spotted lanternfly will breech our boundaries sometime this year.

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