{"id":527,"date":"2019-10-16T21:38:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T21:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jnrfarms.us\/news\/?p=527"},"modified":"2019-10-16T21:38:09","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T21:38:09","slug":"destructive-spotted-lanternfly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jnrfarms.us\/news\/2019\/10\/destructive-spotted-lanternfly\/","title":{"rendered":"Destructive Spotted Lanternfly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Connecticut has another visitor to worry about.  The Spotted Lanternfly, a species that is causing nightmares in parts of Pennsylvania, has been found in Connecticut.  According to the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station a single living adult Spotted Lanternfly has been found in Southbury, Connecticut.  The invasive sap-feeding bugs, called Lycorma delicatula are native to China, India and Vietnam, but were discovered in Berks County, Philadelphia in 2014.  The Spotted Laternfly life cycle follows this cycle:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/jnrfarms.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SLF_Lifecycle-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jnrfarms.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SLF_Lifecycle-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jnrfarms.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SLF_Lifecycle-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jnrfarms.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SLF_Lifecycle-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jnrfarms.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SLF_Lifecycle-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/jnrfarms.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SLF_Lifecycle.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station warns that the Spotted Lanternfly has the potential to severely impact Connecticut\u2019s farm crops, particularly apples, grapes, hops and a number of tree species, including maple.  Everyone should be on alert for these dastardly insects as early detection is key to controling their spread.  Anyone in Connecticut finding a suspected Spotted Lanternfly should report potential sightings to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:ReportSLF@ct.gov\">ReportSLF@ct.gov<\/a> and if possible submit a photo with the report.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After you take a picture and report the sighting, Kill IT!  These destructive insects are pretty distinctive looking so keep an eye out for them in any of the following forms:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/jnrfarms.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AR-180419937-646x433.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jnrfarms.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AR-180419937-646x433.jpg 646w, https:\/\/jnrfarms.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AR-180419937-646x433-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jnrfarms.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AR-180419937-646x433-600x402.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/jnrfarms.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/spotted-lanternfly-nymphs-adults.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jnrfarms.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/spotted-lanternfly-nymphs-adults.jpg 650w, https:\/\/jnrfarms.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/spotted-lanternfly-nymphs-adults-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jnrfarms.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/spotted-lanternfly-nymphs-adults-600x497.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aphis.usda.gov\/aphis\/resources\/pests-diseases\/hungry-pests\/the-threat\/spotted-lanternfly\/spotted-lanternfly\">complete USDA info can be found here<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connecticut has another visitor to worry about. The Spotted Lanternfly, a species that is causing nightmares in parts of Pennsylvania, has been found in Connecticut. According to the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station a single living adult Spotted Lanternfly has been found in Southbury, Connecticut. The invasive sap-feeding bugs, called Lycorma delicatula are native to China, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jnrfarms.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jnrfarms.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jnrfarms.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jnrfarms.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jnrfarms.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jnrfarms.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":531,"href":"https:\/\/jnrfarms.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527\/revisions\/531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jnrfarms.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jnrfarms.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jnrfarms.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}