Spotted Lanternfly - if you find them, report them!

[Barbara Volkle]

Your eyes in the field are needed!

Check out this graphic about Spotted lanternfly from the Massachusetts
Department  of Agricultural Resources.

This highly destructive insect has been found in several Massachusetts
locations.

From the Massachusetts Introduced Pest Project website:

Spotted lanternfly is an invasive sap-feeding insect from Asia that was
first found in the United States in w014, in Pennsylvania.  While the
main host plant of the pest is tree-of-heaven (Alianthus altissima), SLF
attacks a variety of trees, shrubs, and vines, and has the potential to
impact a brad range of agricultural commodities, including grapes and
wine, apples, peaches, and maple syrup.

Additionally, here's an SPF Mass Look-alike Sheet:

https://massnrc.org/pests/linkeddocuments/SLFLook-AlikeSheetEggMasses.pdf

Thanks to Jenn Forman Orth for this information.

If you see one, kill it, report it!


Barbara Volkle
Northborough, MA
bar...@theworld.com

[Barbara Volkle]

Your eyes in the field are needed!

Check out this graphic about Spotted lanternfly from the Massachusetts

Department  of Agricultural Resources:

https://massnrc.org/pests/linkeddocuments/SLFLook-AlikeSheetAdultNymph.pdf