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Schatz Seeks Federal Help to Fight Invasive Spittlebug on Hawai‘i Island
The two-lined spittlebug is native to the southern United States and was first discovered on Hawai‘i Island in 2016, when it damaged nearly 2,000 acres of grazing land. Since then, the invasive pest has devastated more than 125,000 acres of pasture grass.