• 9point6@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Doesn’t this only apply where they’re invasive?

    Surely they come from somewhere where they were part of the food chain?

    • Casuls_Die_Thrice@lemmy.zipOP
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      5 days ago

      This is the Washington metro area on the US East Coast; spotted lanternflies have been invasive here for years.

      As I understand it they’re originally from East Asia somewhere.