{"id":144885,"date":"2026-02-25T15:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T15:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/144885\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T15:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T15:49:10","slug":"from-shanghai-to-hells-kitchen-how-cities-made-the-spotted-lanternfly-a-survivor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/144885\/","title":{"rendered":"From Shanghai to Hell\u2019s Kitchen \u2014 How Cities Made the Spotted Lanternfly a Survivor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent summers, Hell\u2019s Kitchen residents and New Yorkers have <a href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/post\/spotted-lanternflies-swarm-west-side-new-york-glass-towers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">watched their glass towers turn into lanternfly landing pads<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1250\" height=\"938\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_2980-Spotted-Lanternflies-Pier-i.jpg\" alt=\"Spotted Lanternflies Pier-i\" class=\"wp-image-76697\"\/>Spotted lanternflies have become an annual fixture of summer in NYC. Photo: Phil O\u2019Brien<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve swarmed the revolving doors and they\u2019ve clustered high up on apartment windows and balcony ledges. They\u2019ve gathered in crunchy piles underfoot along the West Side\u2019s newer steel-and-glass blocks, turning a summer walk into a stomping reflex.<\/p>\n<p>Success! Your account was created and you\u2019re signed in.<br \/>Please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/my-account\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">My Account<\/a> to verify and manage your account.<\/p>\n<p>An account was already registered with this email. Please check your inbox for an authentication link.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/post\/author\/phil\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img alt=\"Phil O'Brien Portrait\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-Phil-OBrien-Portrait-WB-scaled-1-80x80.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publisher &amp; Editor Phil O\u2019Brien is an entrepreneur and journalist. As an international photojournalist, he photographed Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, Princess Diana and many others. He built a successful international sports photography agency, EMPICS, that was Getty Images\u2019 major competitor in Europe when it sold. He founded a children\u2019s charity in the UK that has helped young people through sport for over 15 years. Phil has lived in New York since 2012. He founded W42ST in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/post\/author\/phil\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tMore by Phil O&#8217;Brien\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In recent summers, Hell\u2019s Kitchen residents and New Yorkers have watched their glass towers turn into lanternfly landing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144886,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63,60735],"class_list":{"0":"post-144885","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-manhattan","9":"tag-manhattan-headlines","10":"tag-manhattan-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-spottedlanternfly"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}