#JAPANESE LANTERN FLY UPDATE#

'They have a pretty diverse palate and can feed on over 100 different plant species,' Eshenaur said. 'We've updated it twice a week, even just to keep up with all the new counties in the Northeast and out in the Midwest that are having infestations,' he told NPR. 'Its easy to step on them and smash them, and thats what people are doing.' SEE ALSO: The facts about.

#JAPANESE LANTERN FLY UPDATE#

At that time, the project warranted maybe an update two to three times a year. They hop, but they dont fly,' said Douglas Fisher, the New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture. But they do pose a serious risk to agriculture.Įshenaur, with the New York State Integrated Pest Management Program, said he and his team started monitoring the spotted lanternfly in 2018. Spotted lanternfly (SLF) nymphs and adults are both fairly easy to kill with insecticides even the less toxic insecticides like soaps and oils can work well. They do not sting or bite, but they can be very destructive to many crops, trees and plants. Spotted lanternfly (SLF), Lycorma delicatula, is an invasive planthopper that was first detected in North America in 2014 in southeastern Pennsylvania. These insects are not dangerous to humans or pets - they don't bite or sting, and they aren't venomous. The Spottled Lanternfly is not harmful to humans.

Recent reports indicate the bugs have settled in New York, Canada, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina, and now, according to Brian Eshenaur, they have migrated over to the Midwest. The Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) is native to China and was first detected in Pennsylvania in September 2014. A spotted lanternfly creeps on the ground during a baseball game in Pittsburgh in 2021.Įver since the spotted lanternfly first appeared in Berks County, Pa., in 2014 (arriving from its home in Asia), this invasive species has been booking it across the United States. Spotted lanternfly feeds on a wide range of fruit, ornamental and woody trees, with tree-of-heaven being one of the preferred hosts.

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