Spotted Lanternfly Survey and Workshop Recording
Jeremy Schuster, Viticulture Specialist
Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture
Seen Spotted Lanternfly?
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Please fill out the Spotted Lanternfly Tracking Survey to track the spread and severity of spotted lanternfly populations.
Results will be automatically displayed on the SLF Map 2023 of the Eastern U.S.
To learn more about the tracking survey, click here
Curtesy of our viticulture colleagues at Penn State Extension who manage this Survey
Recording of the September 7th Spotted Lanternfly workshop that was held at the Hudson Valley Lab is available at this link.
The slides are available below.
Spotted Lanternfly in the Hudson Valley (pptx; 19311KB)

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