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Traps that are meant to protect crops, plants and trees from spotted lanternflies are hurting wildlife, and it's happening a lot.A woodpecker arrived Thursday at Raven Ridge Wildlife Center in Lancaster County in rough shape. It was still stuck to a piece of a lanternfly trap.Shaylyn McComsey spotted the bird on the sticky tape that is wrapped around a number of trees in the family's backyard in Willow Street."I was like, 'Oh, my God, I don't know how he got on there,'" she said.McComsey cut the tape off with the bird attached, as advised, and called a rescue organization that delivered it to Raven Ridge.Tracie Young, the wildlife center's director, got to work freeing the bird after giving it some pain medication. She used a special solution to break down the adhesive, which was covered with other insects. Young got the bird loose after about five minutes, but it has broken wings and lost tail feathers.Young said wildlife becoming stuck on spotted lanternfly traps is a common occurrence. An owl is also recovering after getting caught on tape."There are so many animals that utilize the trees. I just don't know who thought this was a good idea," Young said.People who use the sticky tape are urged to cover it with screening material so lanternflies can get under it but birds and other animals can go over it."It's fairly inexpensive, but it could potentially save a lot of animals' lives," Young said.The woodpecker was put in an incubator to rest and will be given fluids. It's doing pretty well and hopefully will soon be able to fly off.

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