Framingham, Lawrence, Lynn, Marlborough and Norton are among the Massachusetts communities where spotted lanternfly infestations have been confirmed in 2024,…
Framingham, Lawrence, Lynn, Marlborough and Norton are among the Massachusetts communities where spotted lanternfly infestations have been confirmed in 2024, according to the Department of Agricultural Resources — see the map below, but it's considered much worse for the environment — spotted lanternflies leave behind a substance that promotes a plant-killing mold. Many authorities urge people to kill the pests on sight, if possible.
This year, spotted lanternfly infestations have been reported in communities across Massachusetts, including Framingham, Lawrence, Lynn, Marlborough, Norton and more, according to the state's Department of Agricultural Resources, which keeps a A map showing where in Massachusetts that spotted lanternflies have been spotted as of early October 2024.Officials are asking residents to immediately kill any spotted lanternflies on sight. The sap-sucking insect poses a threat to agricultural crops and the logging industry.“They’re in all the counites in Connecticut at this point,” state scientist Gale Ridge told NBC Connecticut last month. “They’re running along the interstate corridors.
This fall, in a bid to prevent spotted lanternflies from taking up residence in the Boston Harbor Islands, federal and state conservation workers are removing more than 100 of a favorite spotted lanternfly tree, the tree-of-heaven, which, like the spotted lanternfly, is native to Asia.
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