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Put away your stomping shoes: the misconceptions surrounding the killing of spotted lanternflies

The command is everywhere: see it, stomp it; spotted lantern flies are being squashed by millions of Americans, and almost none of them are pausing to ask why. Nymph sightings are crowding the internet along with diagrams depicting the SLFs life stages, coupled with reminders to kill the larvae, nymphs, and adults wherever they’re spotted. We’re being told, […]

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