The latest invasive bug imported from China has already spread to 17 eastern states and appears likely to reach the West Coast as it searches for wine vines and other plants and trees to suck dry and destroy.

Following the path cut by the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug that arrived from China in 1998, the spotted lanternfly first found in Pennsylvania in 2014 has already made its way to Illinois and Tennessee and is likely headed to California and the Pacific Northwest.