The lanternflies are here. Is it okay to stomp them?

Last summer, I was standing on a block near my house when I saw a very distinctive bug skittering up a tree trunk.

It had a polka-dotty wing, with red underneath.

It was, unmistakably, an invasive spotted lanternfly.

These are all over Brooklyn — they took off here around 2020 and 2021.

And I knew […]