The Associated Press recently reported on what it calls the Great Spotted Lanternfly War. On one side are the people of Pennsylvania, what the news agency calls the state’s citizen-soldiers. Their enemy is a large, colorful insect: the spotted lanternfly. Lanternflies are native to Southeast Asia. They were first discovered in southeastern Pennsylvania five years ago. The insects suck fluids from valuable plants, causing the plants to weaken. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture says the invaders could affect fruits such as grapes and also hardwoods. It adds that the flies are reducing the quality of life for people in some areas. The lanternflies leave their clear, sticky and sugary waste on homes, swimming pools and other structures.
Title: Lanternflies Causing Big Problems in Pennsylvania
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3699/lant.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Lanternflies Causing Big Problems in Pennsylvania' data-article-id='4146'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10854'>The Associated Press recently reported on what it calls the Great Spotted Lanternfly War.</span> <span data-start-time='10854' data-end-time='22083'>On one side are the people of Pennsylvania, what the news agency calls the state’s citizen-soldiers.</span> <span data-start-time='22083' data-end-time='26792'>Their enemy is a large, colorful insect:</span> <span data-start-time='26792' data-end-time='30104'>the spotted lanternfly.</span> <span data-start-time='30104' data-end-time='34833'>Lanternflies are native to Southeast Asia.</span> <span data-start-time='34833' data-end-time='41167'>They were first discovered in southeastern Pennsylvania five years ago.</span> <span data-start-time='41167' data-end-time='49771'>The insects suck fluids from valuable plants, causing the plants to weaken.</span> <span data-start-time='49771' data-end-time='61563'>The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture says the invaders could affect fruits such as grapes and also hardwoods.</span> <span data-start-time='61563' data-end-time='69646'>It adds that the flies are reducing the quality of life for people in some areas.</span> <span data-start-time='69646' data-end-time='80833'>The lanternflies leave their clear, sticky and sugary waste on homes, swimming pools and other structures.</span> </p></div><div 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