17 Seconds With a Spotted Lanternfly

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( Tuesday, September 27 encounter [17 Seconds With a Spotted Lanternfly]( Face-to-face with the stylish invasive species. So do I smoosh it or not? Photo: Bobby Doherty Office-bound, I had company. In the humid wedge of a revolving door, a guest had pushed in with me. He (I think “he,” though I didn’t turn him over to check for the female’s telltale red valvifers at the distal end of the abdomen) froze when he sensed I saw him, playing dead. It was an uncomfortable moment. Was the security guard staring? My passenger, all one inch of him, was a Lycorma delicatula, a [spotted lanternfly](. If you’ve spent any time at ground level, you know the type. We’re crawling with them. They are new(ish) New Yorkers, your flighty, frustrating neighbors. Like novices, out-of-towners, they go slowly, clogging the pavement. You roll your eyes, tap a foot to clear a path — nothing. You could kill them. The City of New York wishes you would. [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now]( for unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [Gaetano Pesce Designed 400 Gloopy Chairs for Bottega Veneta And you might be able to snag one at Design Miami in November.]( By Diana Budds [Your Rent Might Be Going Up This Week And it’s almost certainly never going down.]( By Kim Velsey [Ebony L. Haynes Was Obsessed With the Encyclopedia Britannica As a Kid The director of 52 Walker answers Curbed’s “21 Questions.”]( As told to Diana Budds [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( If you enjoyed reading Curbed’s daily newsletter, forward it to a friend. Or [sign up for our Design Hunting newsletter]( for a visual diary from design editor Wendy Goodman. [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=curbed) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2022, All rights reserved