Transcript
View of a young spotted lanternfly on the glass of a terrarium, followed by full grown spotted lanternflies gripping on the bark of a tree.
So, the spotted lanternfly is an invasive insect, a plant hopper, that has come into North America from east Asia.
Research Scientist Amanda Roe addresses the audience directly.
It’s a fairly distinctive insect — it doesn’t really look like anything else that we have here.
Zoom in on a nymph held by a hand by a pair of tweezers
The nymphs are black and white or black, white and red.
Picture of a black, white and red nymph.
And the adults are very distinctive.
View of a lanternfly with wings open showing its many colours.
They have big black and white spots as well as yellow body with red underwings.
Research Scientist Amanda Roe is back on screen.
It specializes on feeding on plant juices that it draws through sort of a straw-like mouth part.
Spotted lanternflies gripping on the bark of a tree, followed by grapes on a vine.
And it feeds on a wide range of species: a bunch of different forestry trees as well as things like grapes, hops and fruit trees.
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