If you are in an area overrun with Spotted Lanternflys, you know what a menace they can be. Now there may be a way to control them.
The research, published in the Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Sciences, involved two naturally occurring fungi – Batkoa major and Beauveria bassiana – found in soil in forests near Reading, that appeared to kill the spotted lanternfly.
For more, check out this Philadelphia Inquirer story.