The Spotted Lanternfly Can Be Defeated With Your Help

Many spotted lantern flies get caught on sticky tape on tree in Berks County, Pa.

The negative impacts of the invasive spotted lanternfly have been detailed in Long Island and other publications, and while the population of these unwelcome insects continues to require intervention to prevent their unchecked spread across our region, there are steps that every Long Islander can take in their own backyard to protect against them.

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Kill The Spotted Lanternfly and The Tree of Heaven — An Online Forum

Hundreds of invasive spotted lanternflies (Lycorma delicatula) covering the trunk of their host tree, the Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima)

The Spotted Lanternfly has only been in the US since 2012, but it has already proven highly destructive. Vineyards on Pennsylvania have been decimated, fruit trees too, and it is heading east into Suffolk County.