This Voracious, Unstoppable Bug Is Killing Off Vineyards

This Voracious, Unstoppable Bug Is Killing Off Vineyards

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https://www.wired.com/story/this-voracious-unstoppable-bug-is-killing-off-vineyards/

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

In Amityville, Pennsylvania, 10 acres of grapevines sprawl across the family-owned Manatawny Creek Winery. Owner Darvin Levengood is no stranger to vineyard pests. But he was met with calamity in the fall of 2017 when grape pickers were bombarded by swarms of a new invasive insect, the Spotted Lanternfly. Winery guests couldn’t drink on the open porch without finding the bug, and its “honeydew,” in their glass.