Son of Stink Bug: New Chinese pest threatens hops, grapes vines

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Some 20 years after the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug landed from China and spread to virtually every state where it attacked fruits and invaded homes by the billions, a new Chinese pest has arrived to attack grape vines, hops and trees.

Just like the Stink Bug, the “Spotted Lanternfly,” native to China, India and Vietnam, showed up first in Pennsylvania and has just been found in Winchester, Va., home to the state’s apple industry.

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