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When Stephen Nixon recently noticed a “beautiful” spotted lanternfly by his bag as he skateboarded in Brooklyn, he heeded the request of city officials. New York City parks officials agree, advising: “please squish and dispose.” “Join Jersey’s Stomp Team,” read billboards in New Jersey showing a shoe about to stamp out an insect. “I came back and I said to my partner, ‘You know, I saw a spotted lanternfly,’” Estes said, “and she was like, ‘Oh, I’m sure there’s more. “The spotted lanternfly sucks the sap out of the vines,” said Brian Eshenaur, an expert with the Cornell pest program.




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