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It’s been a decade since the lanternfly landed in Pennsylvania. Is it as bad as we feared?
When lanternflies were first discovered in Berks County in 2014, panic set in among the country and region’s top scientists. They feared the insect would devastate Pennsylvania’s robust farming, lumber, and grape industries. A 2019 study projected annual …