Spotted lanternflies, or SLF for short, are an invasive species of insect that arrived to the U.S. from Asia in 2014. The 1st known sightings occurred in Berks County, 60 miles west of Philadelphia. Here is a map showing the potential spread through 2050.
"The spotted lanternfly is the worst bug in the commonwealth and capable of causing real damage to Pennsylvania’s $132.5 billion agriculture industry," Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Richard Redding said."Over the past seven years, we’ve seen lanternfly travel from east to west in the commonwealth. We’ve seen vineyards devastated. It’s invasive environmentally, socially and economically.
Spotted lanternflies, or SLF as they are known for short, are an invasive species of insect that arrived in the United States from Asia in 2014. The first known sightings occurred in Berks County, 60 miles west of Philadelphia. It has since spread throughout much of Pennsylvania and into parts of New Jersey, New York, Delaware and Maryland. Projections on its spread over the next 30 years shows widespread expansion into New England, south toward Washington D.C. and west to Illinois.
More than 26,000 businesses and organizations have signed up for Pennsylvania's free permit to do work and travel in and out of the 34 quarantined counties while handling certain materials known to harbor lanternflies, Redding said.
For a full explanation of the state's new permits and regulations in response to the lanternfly quarantine,Lanternflies have quickly adapted to the landscape in Pennsylvania and surrounding states since their arrival and have no natural predators here, causing they to multiply rapidly in the last seven years. They are attracted to some of the region's pay crops, and have devastated grapevines at wineries.
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