John Prine . picture : Oh Boy Records .
The singer - songwriter John Prine does n’t have anything to do with the athirst spotted lanternfly , but take over with me .
tell apart lanternfly is not a hoax . Unless you are a“fact - resistive human,”you should be scared . These delimitation crossers are bad . John Prine , on the other hand , has some thoughts on the Tree of Forgiveness that I ’ll get to in a minute . The planet demand redemption , and I ’ve found solace in one of his Song .
John Prine. Photo: Oh Boy Records.
I first take heed of the Asianspotted lanternflya month ago . It has n’t make it yet in Kentucky , but it has start out intrude on portions of the east slide . Lloyd Traven of Kintersville , PA , carbon monoxide - owner , with his wife , Candy , of the innovativePeace Tree Farm , post on Facebook a few week ago : “ take a 6 mile kayak paddle with Candy , on the lake . All these fiddling floaty thing start shew up , little dots on the water . Fucking lanternfly ! ! ! ! ! ”
Spotted lanternfly is not a one - period shopping tree killer like the emerald ash bore bit that kill ash trees and possibly a few other associated relative . ( We ’ve had hundred of ash tree killed on our farm . ) The spotty lanternfly choose a smorgasbord of woody works genus : oak tree , maples , willows , pines , apples , peaches , grapes and the list goes on .
“ blooming lanternfly ” is right .
Spotted Lanternfly. Photo from Cornell Cooperative Extension.
I worry the djinn is out of the bottle with the spotted lanternfly . I do n’t know if there ’s any practical way stop the spread . I ask Lloyd if he had any theme about what the potential tree damage might be . He answered via e-mail : “ Too early to assess but they are planthoppers , so [ they ] insert a style , and weaken trees and secrete honeydew and likely computer virus , etc . It is pass away to be ugly next year . The ball masses are almost impossible to see , and they put eggs on any surface , like cars and hand truck and poke and coolers and backpack … anything . ”
spot Lanternfly . photograph from Cornell Cooperative Extension .
I doubt the patched lanternfly was observe in the late UN Climate Report , but the worm , with no known North American predators , could rush world-wide warming . The passing of more trees means more carbon paper bring out into the atmosphere = more global heating . The current reach of the patched lantern rainfly now extend from New York , south to Virginia .
Protecting pelting wood , woodlands and urban tree canopies are often mentioned as sensitive measures to slow down global warming , but the softened response to the UN Climate Report vex me .
Donald Trump was interviewed ten days ago on 60 Minutes , a few days after the release of theUN Climate Report . He is not concerned about global warming .
The 24-hour interval before his 60 Minutes appearance , Donald Trump speak at a effort mass meeting in Richmond , Kentucky . “ We have ended the warfare on clean , beautiful ember , ” he said .
John Prine issue forth on Austin City Limits the same night . He late released his latest album , Tree of Forgiveness .
Prine ’s dry lyric , from the vocal When I Get to Heaven might be worth listening to — earlier rather than later .
possibly the planet will cool down miraculously . Probably not . Keep in mind : 17 of the hot years have occurred since 2001 .
Pray for eternal rest .
you may find consolation when John Prine sings : “ I ’m gon na open up a nightclub yell The Tree of Forgiveness . And forgive everybody ever done me any harm . ”
Heaven forbid patched lanternflies .
