>>> GOOD THING IT ISN'T    FLIP-FLOP WEATHER ANYMORE AS A   NEW INVASIVE SPECIES CALLED THE   SPOTTED LANTERNFLY HAS LANDED   IN CHICAGO AND OFFICIALS TELL   RESIDENTS TO STOMP AND SQUASH   IF THEY COME ACROSS THE BUG .
OUR NEWS REPORTER JOINS WITH  MORE .
TELL US ABOUT THE  SPOTTED LANTERN FLY AND WHERE  THEY COULD BE.
>> WE HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THEY   ARE IN  THE FULLER PARK   NEIGHBORHOOD, THE DEPARTMENT OF  AGRICULTURAL  CONFIRMED THAT.
THEY ALSO REPORTED LAKEVIEW AND  I'VE SEEN A REPORT NEAR    FINANCIAL PLAZA.
THIS IS AN   INVASIVE PEST FROM CHINA THAT   WAS FIRST FOUND IN THE U.S.
IN  2014 IN PENNSYLVANIA.
IT'S BEEN  MAKING ITS WAY WEST.
>>  WAS A SURPRISE TO EVERYONE  THAT THEY SHOWED UP HERE?
>> YOU HAVE OFFICIALS, STATE,  LOCAL, AND FEDERAL.
ALL ACROSS   THE COUNTRY THEY'VE BEEN  WATCHING  THIS MOVE FROM   PENNSYLVANIA, NEW YORK, NEW   JERSEY, MARYLAND, OHIO,   INDIANA, MICHIGAN.
WE ARE ON   THE MARCH.
THAT IS THE GOOD   NEWS IS THAT THEY ARE PREPARED  FOR IT TO COME IN.
>> WHY DOES THIS  HAS TO STRIKE  SUCH FEAR INTO THE HEARTS OF   AGRICULTURALISTS.
>> IT IS ASAP  SOCCER AND IT   LIKES TO FEED ON TREES  AND IT   WILL ALSO FEED ON OATS OR MAPLE  SO THE CONCERN ORIGINALLY WAS  FOR  CHERRIES, PEACH TREES,   THINGS LIKE THAT THAT COULD    MAKE THE TREES WEAKER.
IT'S   NOT A KILLER.
NOT IN THE SAME   WAY OF LIKE --.
>> WE HAD THE  EMERALD ASH   AND  SO HOW HEALTHY ARE THE TREES   THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND STATE   AND OUR BELOVED TREE CANOPY   HERE?
>> IT WON'T HIT IT LIKE SOME   OTHER PATHOGENS.
I SPOKE WITH   STEPHANIE ADAMS THE  PLANT I'LL  JUST AT THE ARBORIO.
SHE SAID   IT'S NOT A KILLER.
WE AS    HUMANS, YOU COULD SEE VIDEOS   FROM PLACES LIKE PITTSBURGH   WHERE IT'S  MASSIVE VOLUMES.
SHE SAID IT LOOKS LIKE A TREE   TRUNK IS JUST CRAWLING  AND IT  COULD BE COVERING SIDEWALKS.
SO  THERE'S A YUCK FACTOR .
>> THEY ARE TELLING PEOPLE TO   STOP AND SQUISH ,  BASICALLY   KILLING THESE THINGS?
>> YES.
WE WILL GET TO A POINT   WHERE IT'S LAKE IN PENNSYLVANIA  WHERE IT'S TIME  THAT THEY   MULTIPLY BEFORE ANYONE KNEW   WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT SO WE  NEED TO DO OUR JOB BY SQUASHING  THE ADULTS, IDENTIFYING THE   JUVENILES WHICH WILL HAVE   PHOTOS OF, ALSO KNOW WHAT THE  EGGS LOOK LIKE  BECAUSE IF YOU   COULD GET THE EGGS THEN YOU  HAVE KILLED THE NEXT GENERATION  OF THEM AND THEY COULD   LITERALLY LAY EGGS ANYWHERE.
ON  HER MAILBOX, GARBAGE DUMPSTER,   THEY COME IN ON THINGS LIKE   WOODEN PALLETS WHICH IS A WAY   THAT THEY WOULD BE TRANSPORTED   ACROSS THE COUNTRY BECAUSE THEY  JUMP FROM RAILROADS  AND ONTO   THE TREE OF HEAVEN WHICH IS A   VERY INVASIVE PLANT  THAT LINES  RAILROADS  AND IT JUMPS OFF   IMMEDIATELY AND CLIMBS UP INTO   IT TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT.
IT'S A TOTAL PEST INVASION   GOING ON SO GET RID OF  TREE OF  HEAVEN, GET RID OF EGG, STOMP   THE ADULT, STOMP THE JUVENILES.
>> WE CAN DO IT.
>>  ALL RIGHT WILL REST IN  PEACE TO THE  SPOTTED