Conservationists hope that the listing of the monarch as endangered by an international group will inspire Pa. lawmakers to protect land for the butterfly.
DCNR Secretary Cindy Dunn told WLVR that eastern Pennsylvania is set to get the new parks. The locations will be announced in late summer or early fall.
Newly discovered predators of the spotted lanternfly like praying mantises, spiders and cardinals could lead to biological controls for the invasive bug.
One expert calculates it could take the parachuting spiders, accidentally introduced to Georgia from Asia, 40-60 years to make it to Pennsylvania on their own.
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