9-year-old Bobbi Wilson accepting her honor at Yale University.
(Photo:Andrew Hurley/Yale)
Thespotted lanternflyhas been in the news a lot recently.
The brightly hued yet deeply invasive and destructive species has spread quickly.
9-year-old Bobbi Wilson accepting her honor at Yale University. (Photo:Andrew Hurley/Yale)
One young scientist decided to do a version of that in her community of Caldwell, New Jersey.
Her powerful words caught the attention of news outlets such as CNN.
At the ceremony, Bobbi presented Yales Peabody Museum with her personal collection of mounted spotted lanternflies.
The young scientist generously donated her spotted lanternfly collection to Yale’s Peabody Museum.(Photo:Andrew Hurley/Yale)
The donation will forever bear her name in the museum catalogue.
Yale doesnt normally do anything like this…this is something unique to Bobbi,saidProfessor Opara.
We dont have many of them in Connecticut right now.
A spotted lanternfly, an invasive species here in the U.S. (Photo: WanderingMogwai viaWikimedia Commons,CC BY-SA 4.0)
They are just starting to come up here.
But Im sure well see them, so were very happy to have these specimens.
Bobbi’s mother Monique Joseph spoke at the honor ceremony.
She praised Hayden for her brave words.
Dr. Opara, you have been a blessing, she said.
The young scientist generously donated her spotted lanternfly collection to Yales Peabody Museum.
