Kudzu bugs spread into DC area, southern Delaware, Arkansas
Saturday, January 17, 2015 - 13:20
in Earth & Climate
The pea-sized bugs look a bit like ticks, can suck one-fifth of the yield out of a soybean field, and travel by highway. In the 5 1/2 years since they were first spotted in Georgia, kudzu bugs have spread 400 to 500 miles west and north—as far as Louisiana, Arkansas, Washington, D.C., and its suburbs, and southern Delaware.