If the Spotted Lantern Fly gains a foothold in B.C. it could devastate the Okanagan’s fruit and wine industry.
“It’s an invasive insect that loves fruit,” Dan Maja, chief bylaw enforcement officer, told the Regional District Central Okanagan Board at its Mar. 28 meeting. “Our grapes, our cherries, all fruit.”
The fly is not currently in B.C. but it has landed in Ontario.
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