Wednesday, April 22, 2020

First spotted lanternfly egg hatch for 2020 reported


Hello, everyone,

First hatch of SLF for Virginia was reported today, April 22.  A photo taken by Tom Carey is attached (thanks Mark Sutphin!).  As expected, this is earlier that we have seen.  This probably due to the mild winter we just experienced.

2018 May 9
2019 April 30
2020 April 22

Please be watchful, especially in northern Virginia, for young nymphs on assorted vines and shrubs - multiflora rose, sumac, poison ivy - and grapevines!  These will be black with white markings, and very active.

Please remember the resources we have online:

SLF page in Virginia Fruit
https://www.virginiafruit.ento.vt.edu/SLF.html

VCE SLF page
https://ext.vt.edu/agriculture/commercial-horticulture/spotted-lanternfly.html

SLF Factsheet
https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/ENTO/ENTO-180/ENTO-180.html

SLF Pest Alert
https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/ENTO/ENTO-265/ENTO-265.html

SLF in Residential Areas
https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/ENTO/ENTO-322/ENTO-322.html


More later,
Doug
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