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Mark Simone, Mr. New York.

On W.O.R.

Oh, we got lots to talk about this hour.

So, no, no, what the hell is lantern flies?

Why don't have to worry about this?

I'm busy fighting monkey pox, polio, viruses from China.

What lantern flies? What do they do joe bartlett

what does a lanternfly do nope i'm sorry they they can they can ruin grapes um a lot of trees

and things like that they and they don't have a natural predator, as you heard.

What do you mean ruin trees?

Tell a little lanternfly.

What could they do to a tree?

Well, a lot of flies can, you know,

they're worried about the grape industry in upstate New York.

And Long Island.

I like grapes, but if there were no more grapes, okay.

I mean, it wouldn't kill me.

Just, if you see a lanternfly, squish it. That's all I'm asking. I wouldn't know a

lantern fly if I saw it. What does it look like? Well, they're pretty unique. I mean, they've got a

red body and wings and it's, you know, it's different from other flies. If you see a fly with a red body, that's a lantern

flies. Dompass. I have not seen any fly

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