When Stephen Nixon recently noticed a "beautiful" spotted lanternfly by his bag as he skateboarded in Brooklyn, he heeded the request of city officials. He stomped on it. "I don’t like killing things.

State agricultural departments across the United States are asking you to commit murder -- bug murder, that is. Your victim: the spotted lanternfly, or Lycorma delicatula, a beautiful creature with ...

AP newsman Michael Rubinkam works on a story about the spotted lanternfly in Kutztown, Pa., Sept. 19, 2019. – AP Photo / Matt Rourke Pennsylvania based reporter and video journalist Michael Rubinkam, ...