A study shows dogs can identity the egg masses with up to 95 percent accuracy.
Since Monday and until Earth Day on April 22, the Franklin Institute is posting one or two photos per day of species that people can easily identify in parks near their homes.
The fly was first discovered in Berks County in 2014 and is now in 26 counties.
Twenty-six of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties are now under quarantine, requiring businesses that move products, vehicles and other items in and out of the quarantine zone to obtain a permit.
By The Associated Press If the spotted lanternfly is able to escape the quarantine zone in southeast and central Pennsylvania and spread across the state, the annual economic damage could reach $324 million or higher.
Penn State economists estimated the financial impact on industries most susceptible to spotted lanternfly, including nurseries, vineyards, Christmas tree growers and hardwood producers.
This Halloween, parts of Pennsylvania are dealing with a monster of their own.
