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One of the great joys of summer is to be able to spend more time outside enjoying nature. And withhot time in full swing, the wild creatures with which we share a habitat are also enjoying the season. Naturally, the best way to be a good neighbor is toThat animals and insects be While they are going around your garden or your courtyard. But now, managers of certain states warn that if you see a type of bug, you should "trample" it immediately. Read more to find out why you may have to play exterminator this season.

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No matter where they are, ecosystems work in the context of a delicate balance of organisms that live there. But when a non -native species enters the equation, it can have disastrous consequences for plants and fauna in the areas they invade.

Recently, the authorities warned that the invasive hammer wormsspread through southern states In the United States, including Georgia and Louisiana. Without any natural predator, insects feed on beneficial night nuts andsecrete a toxin through their skin which can cause skin irritation if they are affected, theShreveport Times reported. And civil servants also havelifted the alarm About the aging of emerald ash, an invasive beetle which is an invasive "wooden wooden" species ", according to the animal and plant inspection service in the United States (APHIS). The bug was responsible for the death of millions of ashes - which have no natural defense against the beetle - after having harnessed a journey in Asia on freight shipments around 2002

Now local officials are asking for help to stop the spread of another invasive species.

Usually, any bug which is not an annoying mosquito or a unwanted cockroach obtains a pass to be crushed. However, the New York State agriculture department isUndering residents to act Against the lantern identified invasive wherever they are spotted by killing them immediately, reports the local Wabc subsidiary.

The State Empire is not the only one to transform the public into general into vigilant exterminators. In the neighboring New Jersey, the State Ministry of Agriculture launched an official campaign asking residents to "join the battle, beat the bug, trace it, stop the spotted lantern".

"We know it is an invasive insect,"Ruffian Tittmann, a member of the friends of non -profit Wissahicon preservation, told Wabc. "It has very few predators in this area. We have to go out and try to eradicate it or bring down this population, so that we do not have a kind of mass event with our habitat."

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The spotted lantern has been an increasing problem since they wereFirst spotted in 2011 After arriving in the United States from her native Asia on a stones expedition, according toThe New York Times. Since then, pests have spread in the region, the infestations reported in 12 states. The concern of civil servants stems from the insatiable appetite of the species for certain types ofTrees and cultures, including apples, cherries, grapes, hops, oaks, peaches, pines, plums, sycamores, and more, according to aphis.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"Although this does not harm humans or animals, it can reduce the quality of life of people living in highly infested areas," said the New Jersey Ministry of Agriculture in a statement. "SLF [Lanternfly spotted] is a serious invasive pest with a healthy appetite for our plants, and this can be an important nuisance."

Others have complained that the bugs have becomeToo much to manage. "They swim in our swimming pool. We have seen several sometimes four, five, six at a time, it can simply swim in our pool,"Laurie JaffeA tenant in a New Jersey building recently invaded by pests, told Wabc.

"It's horrible. They are on the walls, they come across you while you are trying to clean," said another tenant at the station.

However, some experts emphasize that asking the public to take the task of eradicating invasive species may not be sufficient, similar to other environmental initiatives such as the fight against climate change. "The only dependence on individuals will not bring us there,"Marielle Anzélone, an urban environmentalist in New York, saidThe temperature.

"But maybe individual action is a way to shoot people," she said. "It is not so much about the carbon footprint of this person or these three lanterns that they kill in a summer. It is a question of educating and engaging and perhaps transforming them In person who calls for his member of the Council to request more funding for the Parks department, or vote for local and national candidates to take real climate measures. "

However, Anzelone says that there is no reason to take more immediate measures when possible, admitting that it recently noticed a spotted lantern on the sidewalk before taking a photo and crushing it briefly. "I did my own little game," she saidThe temperature.