Spotted lanternflies are invading the US. They may have gotten their evolutionary superpowers in China’s cities.
The spotted lanternfly has spread across the United States with unrelenting speed — and now we have a clue as to why: living in cities seems to have helped these invasive insects evolve to be more resistant to stresses. “Cities may act as evolutionary incubators that help an invasive species to better deal with pressures like heat
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