Does the 2010s stink bug invasion hold any spotted lanternfly lessons?

By PATRICK VARINE

Trib Total Media

Tracy Leskey remembers when the brown marmorated stink bug became “explosively invasive” in the early 2010s. “We had significant crop losses, some homeowners had thousands trying to overwinter in their houses,” said Leskey, a research entomologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Appalachian Fruit Research Station in West Virginia.

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