Spotted lanternflies are reaching new parts of the country
With temperatures rising and persisting longer, the spotted lanternfly is spreading to new areas of the United States. It is an invasive species first detected in Pennsylvania in 2014, according to the USDA. They’ve since been sighted as far south as North Carolina and as far west as Indiana.
Spotted lanternfly range since 2014
Sighting reported
Infestation present
vt
nh
ny
ma
mi
ct
ri
pa
nj
oh
in
md
de
wv
va
nc
Spotted lanternflies are reaching new parts of the country
With temperatures rising and persisting longer, the spotted lanternfly is spreading to new areas of the United States. It is an invasive species first detected in Pennsylvania in 2014, according to the USDA. They’ve since been sighted as far south as North Carolina and as far west as Indiana.
Spotted lanternfly range since 2014
Sighting reported
Infestation present
vt
nh
ny
ma
mi
ct
ri
pa
nj
oh
in
md
de
wv
va
nc
Spotted lanternflies are reaching new parts of the country
With temperatures rising and persisting longer, the spotted lanternfly is spreading to new areas of the United States. It is an invasive species first detected in Pennsylvania in 2014, according to the USDA. They’ve since been sighted as far south as North Carolina and as far west as Indiana.
vt
nh
ny
ma
mi
ct
ri
pa
nj
oh
in
md
de
Spotted lanternfly range
since 2014
wv
Infestation present
va
Sighting reported
nc
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