Canadian Food Inspection Agency Raises Alarm as Spotted Lanternfly Pest Nears Border

Canadian Food Inspection Agency Raises Alarm as Spotted Lanternfly Pest Nears Border
This photo shows a Spotted Lanternfly, in Long Branch, N.J., Aug. 7, 2022. The Canadian Press/AP-HO, Heide Estes
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is asking Canadians to keep an eye out for an invasive bug that could spell disaster for the country’s wineries and fruit growers.

The spotted lanternfly is a pest native to China that has been making inroads in the United States since 2014.