Lanternfly honey is created from insect waste. The waste excreted by lanternflies provides food for honeybees in the fall. Lanternfly honey undergoes two separate stages of digestion.

Insect feces and exoskeletons can make agriculture more sustainable and produce less waste, scientists say. By Sabrina Imbler Insects excrete, just as we do, but their feces have a more pleasing name: ...

Invasive spotted lanternflies are harming plant life across New York by sucking sap from trees and vines at an alarming rate. But scientists say the insects’ poop, known as “honeydew,” is also a major ...