A highly invasive insect known for damaging ecosystems has reached the University of Michigan-Dearborn campus, which has worried the Midwestern experts studying the bug.
What’s happening?
According to WDET, the Environmental Interpretive Center at the University of Michigan-Dearborn confirmed the presence of the spotted lanternfly in October after staff identified the sap-sucking insect in its natural areas.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the spotted lanternfly first appeared in the United States in Pennsylvania in 2014 and has since spread into more than a dozen states.
Michigan recorded its first confirmed colony in Oakland County in 2022, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources reported…