When you stop and listen, Colorado is the stage for an insect cacophony this time of year. Crickets sing in the grasses, and the trees are full of shrilling cicadas and the scree-scree-scree calls of ...

How awful is the insect prompting slay-on-sight notices? It’s not venomous, doesn’t sting or bite or spread diseases, and has appealing red, white and black polka dot wings. But the spotted lanternfly ...