Hour 2 Opening segment

Mark Simone

News

4.4 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Mark wonders whether we truly need to be putting resources he feels would be better used elsewhere behind combatting the spotted lantern fly.

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0:00.0	Oh, we got lots to talk about this hour.
0:04.7	So, no, no, what the hell is lantern flies?
0:07.3	Why don't have to worry about this?
0:08.3	I'm busy fighting monkey pox, polio, viruses from China.
0:12.9	What lantern flies?
0:14.1	What do they do?
0:16.8	Joe Bartlett, what does a lanternfly do?
0:21.5	Nope, I think we lost them.
0:22.7	They can ruin grapes, a lot of trees and things like that.
0:28.1	And they don't have a natural predator, as you heard.
0:31.9	What do you mean ruin trees?
0:33.4	Tell a little lanternfly.
0:34.4	What could they do to a tree?
0:36.2	Well, a lot of flies can, you know,
0:37.9	they're worried about the grape industry in upstate New York and Long Island.
0:43.0	I like grapes, but if there were no more grapes, okay.
0:45.8	I mean, it wouldn't kill me.
0:49.3	Just if you see a lanternfly, squish it.
0:51.6	That's all they're asking.
0:52.9	I wouldn't know a lantern fly if I saw it.
0:54.5	What does it look like?
0:56.1	They're pretty unique.
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