Invasive spotted lanternflies have hit the Washington, D.C., region and spread to 12 states across the United States. While the species doesn’t pose a threat to humans, it can do serious damage to ...

Spotted lanternflies (SLFs), an invasive species of insect native to parts of China and Vietnam, have become increasingly common both in the Washington, D.C.-Maryland-Virginia (DMV) area and on the ...

WASHINGTON — They may look pretty, but spotted lanternflies can wreak havoc on certain plants, trees and crops here in the DMV. The bugs made their first U.S. appearance in 2014, in Berks County, ...

All across the region, weather radars were lighting up Thursday with shades of blue, green and yellow. The signals would ordinarily suggest rain — but no precipitation was in the forecast. Instead, ...

Weather radars late last week lit up across the mid-Atlantic region. But it wasn’t rain or snow that caused the radar blobs—it was invasive spotted lanternflies, meteorologists suspect. So many of the ...

Invasive spotted lanternflies have hit the D.C. region again this summer in a big way in backyards, vineyards and parks, annoying homeowners, farmers and nursery managers. Bug experts recommend ...

Experts say lanternflies are currently in their 'nymph' stages. They won't reach adulthood until around July ...

They first showed up in the northeast U.S. years ago, and it seems spotted lanternflies have made themselves right at home, with populations growing in our region. James McGlone, associate director of ...