“Public enemy number one” is how Shannon Powers refers to the spotted lanternfly.

Powers, press secretary for Pennsylvania’s Department of Agriculture, said the invading insect is an $18 billion threat to the state’s economy—specifically products and jobs related to the grape, apple, hops and hardwood industries.

And April is when the spotted lanternfly hatches.

Unwelcome in Our Woods: Invasive species upset the balance of nature, from Pennsylvania’s forests to home gardens, TheBurg, April 2020