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EPISODE · Oct 5, 2025 · 10 MIN

To squash or not to squash: professor, students talk spotted lanternflies

from Getting to the Bottom of It · host The GW Hatchet

On this episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, co-hosts Max Porter and Lizzie Jensen discuss the invasive spotted lanternfly's intrusion into Washington, D.C. Podcast reporter Ida Liben speaks with students and John Lill, a professor of biology at GW who specializes in insect ecology, about the bugs and how to approach them.

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