New Video: Pest in Paradise – Two Lined Spittle Bug

Posted on Jul 20, 2021 in News, slider

Check out this new video from our partners at the Big Island Invasive Species Committee.

First detected in 2016 in South Kona, by 2021 the twolined spittlebug (TLSB) had impacted more than 175,000 acres of ranchland on the west side of Hawai’i Island. In this documentary from Visual Resonance Media, learn more about how Hawai’i ranchers are struggling to survive and adapt in the face of this new threat, and the work being done to mitigate the impacts on Hawaiian economy and food security.