Dogs sniff out spotted lanternflies
Spotted lanternflies are an invasive species that have infested trees all over the U.S. within the last decade. Some dogs are helping to hunt down the lanternflies, sniffing out eggs before they hatch.
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Spotted lanternflies are an invasive species that have infested trees all over the U.S. within the last decade. Some dogs are helping to hunt down the lanternflies, sniffing out eggs before they hatch.
The cicadas have already taken over parts of the U.S., and they may soon have some eight-legged company. Giant flying "Joro" spiders are expected to swing into the East Coast later this summer. David Coyle, assistant professor of forest health and invasive species at Clemson University, joins CBS News to explain what to know about the arachnids.
The invasive species have the ability to "attack or defoliate hundreds of tree and plant species," the USDA warns.
Authorities have urged people to do whatever they can to stop the invasive species known as the spotted lanternfly from spreading.
The spotted lanternfly is expected to hatch earlier this year due to warmer weather. Officials are warning that the invasive insect, which is native to China, could even spread farther West. Brian Eshenaur, a senior extension associate of invasive species at Cornell University, joins CBS News to discuss.
With warm weather returning in parts of the U.S., officials are warning that rising temperatures could help lanternfly eggs hatch earlier. You should kill them if you see them.
Bobbi Wilson is fascinated by bugs, but last year the 9-year-old's mission to catch spotted lanternflies made national headlines, when a neighbor spotted her spraying for bugs and called 911. Correspondent Bradley Blackburn reports on how Wilson was invited to the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University, where the first spotted lanternfly specimens — insects gathered by Wilson herself — were added to its collection.