One important takeaway is that we need to remove Trees of Heaven (invasive
plant and the host to the lantern fly) wherever we find them. I can tell
you that Trees of Heaven exist in Lincoln because I just removed a young
one from our property! (Was kind of shocked to find it there ... where did
it come from??)

--Debra

On Sat, Sep 18, 2021 at 9:58 AM Cmontie <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Folks
> I read a NYT article about an invasive insect called the Spotted
> Lanternfly.  It reportedly can do a lot of damage by sucking sap from
> tender parts of plants.  To learn more, I visited mass.gov which referred
> me to a fact sheet.  It appears this insect has been found in Concord (so:
> close by), and it’s requested that any sitings be reported.  There are no
> known natural predators and organic pest management is not effective, so
> being proactive and stopping an infestation at the start is the way to go.
>
> Here is the fact sheet:
>
> https://massnrc.org/pests/pestFAQsheets/spottedlanternfly.html
>
> Best
>
> Carolyn Montie
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