Daily News | Republicans and Democrats in Congress are rallying around this one issue. Stopping the spotted lanternfly.
The spotted lanternfly, the bane of trees and a source of frustration for scientists and homeowners alike, is becoming something else: a political unifier.
Bills introduced in the U.S. House and Senate this week to fund research into controlling lanternflies drew bipartisan support, including Pennsylvania’s two Democrat senators, John Fetterman and Bob Casey, and J.D. Vance, Ohio’s new Republican senator. The bills would allow the secretary of agriculture to issue competitive grants for research projects to find creative ways to control the pests.
In Pennsylvania, Casey said in a statement, the spotted lanternfly has threatened the livelihood of “farmers and forest landowners who have lost crops and revenue to the invasive species, and the communities across Pennsylvania that depend on them.” Lanternflies, a species native to China, excrete a “honeydew” substance that attracts sooty mold and if enough of it accrues, it can limit a tree or plant’s photosynthesis, weakening them. Particularly susceptible are the tree of heaven, black walnut saplings, and grapevines, which can be killed by the mold.The stakes of letting this invasive species get plump on plant sap are especially high in the Keystone State. It was the first state in the country to detect the species in 2014.
Researchers at Pennsylvania State University have warned that the cost of damages could balloon to $324 million annually and translate to a loss of more than 2,800 jobs if the threat spreads across the entire state.
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