[MAIPC] How pervasive is spotted lanternfly

Thu Oct 26 16:37:40 PDT 2017

I just googled this bug.  Host plant is alianthus.  A VERY good reason to
eradicate this plant!  APHIS?  USDA?  Has major impacts on fruit, grapes
and cash timber!

Here is the contact info: Hope Sara does not get mad at me.

Good Morning,

We received a stack of 11"x14.25" CHECK YOUR GEAR posters this morning from
the PA Bureau of Forestry about the Spotted Lanternfly
<http://www.agriculture.pa.gov/Protect/PlantIndustry/spotted_lanternfly/Pages/Spotted-Lanternfly-Alert.aspx>.
If you have room in your kiosk/other appropriate places, or think you can
squeeze it in, I will send you as many copies as you need.

We also received hard plastic cards with information for identification and
removing egg masses. Pest Alert pages (8.5"x11") with specimen submission
instructions on the back are also available. If you want some of either for
any upcoming programs or meetings, etc, let me know.

Please reply with how many posters you need with a DCNR logo on the bottom
and how many with a Game Commission logo on the bottom.

Finally, if I should send them somewhere other than your home address, let
me know.

Thank you in advance for your assistance. This is a very pretty invasive
that is now capable of surviving Pennsylvania's winters.

Thanks everyone,

Sara

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Sara Haxby

Senior Office Manager

Appalachian Trail Conservancy

4 East First Street
<https://maps.google.com/?q=4+East+First+Street+Boiling+Springs,+PA+17007&entry=gmail&source=g>

Boiling Springs, PA 17007
<https://maps.google.com/?q=4+East+First+Street+Boiling+Springs,+PA+17007&entry=gmail&source=g>

Phone: 717.258.5771 x201 <(717)%20258-5771>

Mobile: 413.427.4067 <(413)%20427-4067>

Fax: 717.258.1442 <(717)%20258-1442>

Skype: Sara HaxbyATC

shaxby at appalachiantrail.org

www.facebook.com/ATHike

www.appalachiantrail.org

On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 7:31 PM, Kathy Daniel <kdaniel20816 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I would be happy to post information on the C&O Canal towpath in Maryland.
> If you think that’s a good idea, please let me know how to get the posters.
>
> Kathy Daniel
>
> On Oct 27, 2017, at 6:41 AM, Daniel Barringer <dbarringer at natlands.org>
> wrote:
>
> I think the horse has left the barn. Adult spotted lanternflies have been
> found in Bucks and Northamton Counties within sight of New Jersey. Here in
> Chester County, within a day of hanging the posters in our public restroom,
> visitors came to us to show us where they found egg masses (in a fold of
> exfoliating river birch bark, on ironwood, ash and oak trees). We had seen
> our first adults only a couple weeks before, and never saw any juveniles
> (and we don’t have any ailanthus on the square-mile preserve). Some of the
> egg masses are out of reach. For every adult we see, how many do we not
> see? Coming to a landscape near you.
>
> Dan
>
> On Oct 26, 2017, at 2:22 PM, Marian Orlousky <morlousky at appalachiantrail.
> org> wrote:
>
> Good question Dewey,
>
> I would not suggest it is too late for this one. Last I heard the pest is
> still limited to the state of PA and is contained within a small number of
> counties.  It is currently under quarantine and investigation as to its
> current range. I believe it was discovered around 2014, and so its spread
> is still relatively "slow", yet certainly concerning.  It may not have yet
> reached that critical mass, and it would be excellent if the efforts of the
> commonwealth were successful in containing it. The State is putting
> considerable efforts into this program, partially (I would imagine) because
> it has the potential to disrupt a major economic driver in PA (fruit and
> wine industries).
>
> We have put up posters here at the ATC Mid-Atlantic Office in Boiling
> Springs. It's probably the AT clubs in central and eastern PA that should
> be highlighting the pest at their trail head kiosks.
>
> Marian Orlousky
> Northern Resource Management Coordinator
> Appalachian Trail Conservancy
> 4 East First Street
> Boiling Springs, PA 17007
> Direct Line: 717-260-3217 <(717)%20260-3217>
> MARO Office: 717-258-5771 <(717)%20258-5771> ex: 208
> Fax: 717.258.1442 <(717)%20258-1442>
> morlousky at appalachiantrail.org
> www.appalachiantrail.org
>
>
>
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> www.appalachiantrail.org.
>
> On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 2:06 PM, HTI Gmail <historictimekeepers at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I just got an offer of alert posters for spotted lanternfly. Basically
>> telling hikers to check their gear.  Is the genie already out of the bottle
>> on this?
>>
>> Is it an issue that alerting hikers can make a difference?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> --
>> Regards,
>>  Dewey Clark,
>> http://www.historictimekeepers.com
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>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Dewey Clark
>> Club Naturalist
>> Co-District Manager (PA)
>> Potomac Appalachian Trail Club
>> Maryland Master Naturalist
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Regards,

Dewey Clark
Club Naturalist
Co District Manager (PA)
Potomac Appalachian Trail Club
Maryland MAster NAturlaist

Regards,

Dewey Clark,
http://www.historictimekeepers.com
Omega Recognized Service Provider
WOSTEP Certified After Sales Service of Current Watches
WOSTEP Certified Micromechanics
Restoration of Vintage Timepieces
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