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Predilections of a destructive pest

A study of the spotted lanternfly led by master’s student Benjamin Rohr may shed light on ways to control this emerging threat.
Many holds chicken wire next to a tree with a band around it as a train passes in the background
Benjamin Rohr, a graduate student in environmental studies, is studying the invasive spotted lanternfly at The Woodlands, a large cemetery a stone’s throw from Penn’s campus. The pest was first spotted there last year, in the wilder portions of the property’s periphery, where SEPTA and Amtrak trains pass regularly.

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