BUFFALO, N.Y. — The spotted lanternfly has returned to New York State this summer, and most recently, it was spotted in the Finger Lakes region near the Town of Romulus.
This highly invasive pest is destructive and feeds on dozens of important crops, such as grapevines, apple trees, and hops.
With that in mind, the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets on Thursday provided some advice on what you can do to help stop the spread of the spotted lanternfly.
"If you were to look down and find an egg mass later this fall inside your wheel, well, you would take something simple like a credit card and just scrape it off ... into some hot soapy water is preferable, so that we know that the egg masses die," Robert Cole, a forester with the state's Department of Environmental Conservation, told 2 On Your Side.
The Department of Agriculture and Markets on Thursday also unveiled new drone technology to inspect areas for spotted lanternfly infestations.