MILLBURY, Mass. — Residents in Millbury are encouraged to be on the lookout for an invasive species.

The state's Department of Agricultural Resources said they've found an infestation of the spotted lanternfly in the town.

The sap-feeding insect is from Asia and was first found in the United States in 2014 in Pennsylvania.

The first known infestation in Massachusetts was in 2021.

The insects don't bite or sting, but they can gather in large numbers in areas where people are, and they leave behind a sticky, sugary waste product known as honeydew.

Braman Termite and Pest Elimination said the insects attack 70 different types of plants, many of them are food crops and ornamental plants.

"Right now, at this time of the year, we're seeing those adults the most,” said Natasha Wright, an entomologist with Braman Termite and Pest Elimination. “I'm getting lots of pictures of them, so they're all over the place right now. And those adults are going to be laying eggs and those eggs will survive the winter. So, the important thing is to find these eggs, scrape them off, destroy them and prevent them from moving around to other places where they're not currently infesting."

If you see the spotted lanternfly, you're asked to take a picture and report the location to the state.