Kansas boy’s insect entry at state fair wins prize – and triggers federal inquiry
by Alexandra Villarreal in Austin from Environment | The Guardian on (#5PK1W)
Creature was a dead spotted lanternfly - an invasive moth-like bug that has been causing massive damage to plants in eastern states
A young contestant's proud entry at the Kansas state fair caused a flap when a judge saw the specimen submitted in the boy's exhibition box - and it prompted a federal investigation.
The show item was a dead spotted lanternfly the boy had discovered at his home - an invasive moth-like bug that has been causing massive damage to plants in US eastern states but had not previously been thought to have reached Kansas.
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