Could dogs help combat the spread of spotted lanternflies?
Sally Dickinson and her trained detection dog, Flint, search a vineyard in Winchester for spotted lanternfly egg masses. They are beginning to recruit other people with their dogs to do the same. It’s a four-year project funded by the USDA. (Credit: Luke Hayes/Virginia Tech)
The invasive insect called Spotted Lanternfly continues its spread through Virginia and is now in Blacksburg and Radford.
Roxy Todd reports a new study looks at whether pet dogs could be successful at sniffing out lanternfly eggs, as one way to combat the infestation.
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