Source: NCSU COOPERATIVE EXTENSION, 8/19/22

NC State Extension and North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services experts have kept a wary eye to the north since first hearing tales of the spotted lanternfly a few years ago. The invasive insect, native to parts of Asia, was detected in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 2014. It began moving south, into Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia. It seemed inevitable that it eventually would arrive in North Carolina.

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