Vampires’: Loudoun Co. vineyards ask volunteers to scrape away lanternfly eggs

Bill Hatch gets on his hands and knees to fight for his small business. “There’s so many on this vine,” Hatch said. Hatch is the owner of Zephaniah Farm Vineyards in Loudoun County, near Leesburg. “They are, in essence, vampires,” he said. His enemies are little, red, polka-dotted bugs D.C.-area residents love to squish — spotted lanternflies. The lanternflies sink…