Since crossing into Maryland in 2018, the spotted lanternfly has increasingly left it’s sticky mark across the D.C. area, damaging plants and pestering residents.

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The invasive species’ latest show of force painted the weather radar Thursday.

“It’s going to be partly cloudy, with a chance of lanternflies here in the DMV,” said Michael Raupp, professor emeritus at the University of Maryland and the self-proclaimed “Bug Guy.”

Thursday’s radar featured what experts believe to be

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