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HAVE YOU SPOTTED LANTERNFLY?

BACKGROUND IDENTIFICATION MOVEMENT • Spotted lanternfly (SLF) is an of • Nymphs (immatures): The first three instars • Most movement is by native to China, India, and . (stages) grow from 1⁄8” to ¾” long, and are black hitchhiking as adults • Infestation in the began in Berks and white. Fourth-instar immatures are ¾” long, or eggs via human County, , in 2014. The presence of and are black, white, and red. transport. SLF in Northeast US counties is shown in the map • Adults: 1” long by ½” inch wide. The wings are • Eggs can be laid on below. tinted pink and ¾ of the forewing is spotted black; virtually any hard Š In several counties, shown in blue, there are tent-shaped at rest. SLF appear moth-like with surface; metal, plastic, Adult SLF with wings spread. established colonies of SLF, and the counties are partially red hindwings seen when wings are and wood are all externally quarantined by New York State. spread. suitable substrates. Š In other counties (gold), SLF adults or egg • Eggs: laid in rows. Each egg mass contains 30 – 50 • Beginning in late September, SLF adults leave Tree masses have been found, but there is no eggs and is usually covered by a waxy, mud-like of Heaven and move to vineyards and shade trees evidence that the are established and substance (see photo below). (especially noticeable in residential areas). reproducing there.

Clinton MONITORING Spotted Lanternfly Known Distribution Franklin St. Lawrence Updated January 2, 2020 SLF adults feeding on grape. Essex Jefferson • Sticky bands on trees (see photo, left) are used to

Lewis Hamilton monitor and manage SLF populations. Warren NY Washington Oswego Orleans Oneida Herkimer Niagara Monroe Wayne Fulton Saratoga Genesee Onondaga Ontario Madison Montgomery MA • New York State Department of Agriculture and Schenectady Erie Cayuga Wyoming Rensselaer Seneca Essex Livingston Yates Cortland Albany Otsego Schoharie Franklin Chenango Middlesex Schuyler Tompkins Markets (NYSDAM) has an external quarantine Columbia Hampshire Worcester Suffolk Greene Cattaraugus Allegany Steuben Berkshire Chautauqua Norfolk Chemung Tioga Broome Hampden Erie which restricts movement of certain materials out Ulster Tolland Bristol Plymouth Warren McKean Susquehanna Tioga Bradford Litchfield Hartford Windham Potter Dutchess Barnstable Crawford Wayne Sullivan New Forest Wyoming of the quarantine zones (blue counties on the map Lackawanna Middlesex Cameron Putnam London Venango Elk Sullivan Orange Pike Fairfield New Haven Mercer Lycoming Dukes Clinton Westchester Clarion Jefferson Luzerne CT Nantucket Sussex PassaicRockland Lawrence Columbia Monroe to the left). Clearfield Union Montour Bergen Centre Warren Butler Carbon Bronx Suffolk PA Armstrong Morris EssexNew York Northumberland Hudson Nassau Snyder Northampton Beaver Mifflin Union Queens Indiana Schuylkill Lehigh Somerset Kings Juniata Hunterdon Richmond Hancock Blair Allegheny Cambria Perry Dauphin Berks Middlesex Lebanon Bucks Westmoreland Huntingdon Mercer • NYSDAM is operating checkpoints on major Brooke Monmouth Washington Cumberland Montgomery Lancaster Chester Ocean Fayette Somerset Bedford Fulton Franklin York Delaware Adams Burlington Marshall Greene NJ transportation routes into NYS looking for SLF and Camden Gloucester Wetzel Monongalia Allegany Washington Cecil Salem WV Garrett Morgan Carroll Harford Tyler Marion Berkeley Frederick Baltimore Atlantic Preston New Castle Pleasants Mineral Cumberland providing educational resources to truckers. Taylor Baltimore Harrison Jefferson City Doddridge Hampshire Frederick Howard Cape Wood Kent Ritchie Grant May Barbour Tucker Clarke Montgomery Anne Kent Loudoun Queen Wirt Lewis Hardy Arundel Anne's Gilmer Warren Jackson Calhoun Arlington DC Upshur Shenandoah Caroline Randolph Fairfax Prince Talbot Mason Fauquier George's Roane Braxton Rappahannock Prince Sussex Pendleton Page William • NYSDAM and NYS Dept. of Environmental Putnam Webster Charles Calvert DE Clay Rockingham Culpeper Cabell Madison Stafford Dorchester St. Wicomico Kanawha Highland King Nicholas Pocahontas Greene Mary's OrangeSpotsylvania George Lincoln Augusta Worcester Wayne Somerset Conservation are doing grid surveys in areas Westmoreland Bath Albemarle MD Fayette Caroline Boone Louisa EssexRichmond Northumberland Greenbrier Accomack Mingo Logan Alleghany Nelson Fluvanna Raleigh Rockbridge Hanover King and Queen Goochland King William Lancaster surrounding all confirmed SLF sightings. Middlesex Wyoming Summers Monroe Amherst Buckingham Botetourt Powhatan Henrico Craig Cumberland New Kent Mathews McDowell Mercer Appomattox AmeliaChesterfield CharlesJames CityGloucester Northampton Giles Bedford City Buchanan Roanoke Campbell Prince Prince York Montgomery Edward George Tazewell Bland Surry Newport Dickenson NottowayDinwiddie Pulaski Charlotte NewsHampton Wise Franklin Lunenburg Sussex Isle of Russell Wythe Floyd Wight Smyth Pittsylvania Brunswick Lee Carroll Halifax Virginia Beach Scott Washington Henry Chesapeake Grayson Patrick Mecklenburg Southampton Suffolk FOR MORE INFORMATION Greensville VA Alleghany Northampton Camden Ashe Surry Gates Currituck Stokes Rockingham Caswell Warren Person Vance Granville Hertford Pasquotank Halifax Watauga Wilkes Perquimans Yadkin Forsyth Guilford Orange Mitchell Avery Franklin Bertie Chowan Caldwell Alamance Durham Nash • NYS Implements New Actions to Prevent Iredell Davie Yancey Alexander Edgecombe Madison Wake Tyrrell Davidson Martin Washington Dare Randolph Chatham Mcdowell Burke Catawba Rowan Wilson Buncombe Pitt Beaufort Swain Haywood Lincoln Lee Johnston Hyde Spread of Spotted Lanternfly in New York Rutherford Montgomery Harnett Greene Graham Henderson Cleveland CabarrusStanly Jackson Polk Gaston Wayne Craven Transylvania Mecklenburg Moore Lenoir Cherokee Macon Clay Cumberland Pamlico Union Hoke Jones State: www.agriculture.ny.gov/AD/release. Richmond Sampson Anson Duplin Scotland NC Onslow Carteret Robeson Bladen Pender asp?ReleaseID=3821 Columbus New Hanover Adult SLF laying eggs. Monitoring for SLF using Brunswick sticky bands. • NYSIPM Spotted Lanternfly webpage: nysipm. NY external quarantine areas. Spotted lanternfly infestation found. Spotted lanternfly found, no infestation. cornell.edu/environment/invasive-species-exotic- Internal state quarantine areas. pests/spotted-lanternfly

CONCERN Egg Laying: September - November • Tree of Heaven ( altissima) is the preferred host for nymphal stages and early adults. All Adults: July - December Eggs: October - June stages preferentially feed on grapes, black walnut, willow, and up to 70 additional plant species in the U.S., including hops, apples, stone fruit, and many landscape trees – especially silver late in the season. Spotted Lanternfly • SLF damage could directly impact the NY Grape and Wine Industry that provides NY $4.8 billion Life Cycle annually in economic benefit. One Generation Credits for Life Cycle photos: • SLF damage could potentially cost the NY Forest per Year Egg Laying, Hatch and 1st Instar, 2nd Industry economy $23 billion each year. Instar, Adults: Emelie Swackhamer, Penn State University, Bugwood.org • Feeding SLF excrete copious amounts of Eggs: Lawrence Barringer, PA Dept. of honeydew. This by-product drenches understory 4th Instar: Hatch and Agriculture, Bugwood.org July - September 3rd Instar: Dalton Ludwick, USDA-ARS/ plants and can cause a buildup of sooty mold that 1st Instar: Virginia Tech affects photosynthesis. May - June 4th Instar: Richard Gardner, Bugwood.org All other images on this page provided • Falling honeydew discourages tourism and 3rd Instar: June - July 2nd Instar: June - July by NYSIPM Staff. negatively affects residential quality of life. If You See It – Report It! • Take pictures of the or egg masses. If possible, include something for scale such as a coin. • Note the location: address, intersecting roads, landmarks or GPS coordinates. • Email the information to: [email protected]