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| List: MassLep Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 19:35:40 -0400 From: Barbara Volkle <barb620...> Subject: [MassLep] Spotted Lanternfly - if you find them, report them! |
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Your eyes in the field are needed! Check out this graphic about Spotted lanternfly from the Massachusetts=20 Department=C2=A0 of Agricultural Resources. This highly destructive insect has been found in several Massachusetts=20 locations. From the Massachusetts Introduced Pest Project website: Spotted lanternfly is an invasive sap-feeding insect from Asia that was=20 first found in the United States in w014, in Pennsylvania.=C2=A0 While the= =20 main host plant of the pest is tree-of-heaven (Alianthus altissima), SLF=20 attacks a variety of trees, shrubs, and vines, and has the potential to=20 impact a brad range of agricultural commodities, including grapes and=20 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 <barb620...> --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= MassLep" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to masslep+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/= masslep/<e2631558-eb2e-68e4-b5dd-429a9479352e...> |
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