Experts issue warning as harmful insect spreads across US region: 'It does not have its natural predator here'

Experts issue warning as harmful insect spreads across US region: 'It does not have its natural predator here'

An invasive insect no bigger than a pinky fingernail is spreading rapidly across the Southern United States, and farmers are on edge.  What's happening? According to the Albany Herald, the cotton jassid, a tiny, bright green, invasive bug native to the Indian subcontinent, has recently turned up in Georgia. Its spread has been as rapid as it is alarming.  It was first detected in U.S. territory in Puerto Rico in 2023. It spread to Florida the fo…