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October 16, 2023

A year after their arrival here, spotted lanternfly becomes more of a nuisance

By Laura Boaggio, contributor

Julie Hart, who lives in Rockingham County, was visiting Smiley’s Ice Cream in Bridgewater with her family in early October after hiking a trail in Shenandoah National Park when her daughter noticed a bright red speck on the ground. “Isn’t that one of the bad bugs from that poster we saw on our hike?” her daughter asked.

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