<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">SLF is in Delaware - in New Castle and Kent counties, and northern Sussex. I have been monitoring a stand of Ailanthus in Bethany Beach to see if itβs in south eastern Sussex.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Liz Nalle</div><div class="">Inland Bays Garden Center<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 2, 2021, at 8:24 AM, <a href="mailto:carolallen@erols.com" class="">carolallen@erols.com</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: "times new roman", "new york", times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">They have been identified in Montgomery, PG, Frederick, and Howard counties among others. <a href="https://nysipm.cornell.edu/sites/nysipm.cornell.edu/files/shared/images/SLF-reported-distribution-7-26-21.pdf" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://nysipm.cornell.edu/sites/nysipm.cornell.edu/files/shared/images/SLF-reported-distribution-7-26-21.pdf</a><br class=""><br class=""><hr id="zwchr" class=""><div style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><b class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"Marc Imlay" <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">ialm@erols.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"MAIPC Listserve" <<a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">maipc@lists.maipc.org</a>>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:INVASIVES@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">INVASIVES@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU</a><br class=""><b class="">Sent:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Sunday, August 1, 2021 11:56:27 AM<br class=""><b class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Re: [MAIPC] we need people looking for these pests. New invaders in the Mid-Atlantic<br class=""><br class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Spotted lanternfly is already present in Anne Arundel,MD and counties north of it along the Chesapeake. </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Marc Imlay <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">ialm@erols.com</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Sunday, August 01, 2021 11:20 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>'MAIPC Listserve' <<a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">maipc@lists.maipc.org</a>>; '<a href="mailto:INVASIVES@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">INVASIVES@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU</a>' <<a href="mailto:INVASIVES@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">INVASIVES@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU</a>>; '<a href="mailto:aliens-l@list.auckland.ac.nz" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">aliens-l@list.auckland.ac.nz</a>' <<a href="mailto:aliens-l@list.auckland.ac.nz" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">aliens-l@list.auckland.ac.nz</a>>; 'APWG' <<a href="mailto:apwg-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">apwg-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>we need people looking for these pests. New invaders in the Mid-Atlantic</div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 1.5pt; border-left-color: blue; padding: 0in 0in 0in 4pt; margin-left: 3.75pt; margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class=""><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" class=""></div><div id="yiv4191113496" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">If you are in the woods β be on the lookout for symptoms of tree-killing pests! New invaders in the Mid-Atlantic</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">1) beech leaf disease β recently detected in Prince William Forest Park in Prince William County, Virginia. Previously detected in northern West Virginia. Information on symptoms and how to report available at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><span class="yiv4191113496msohyperlink"><a href="https://www.clevelandmetroparks.com/getmedia/43ff63dc-c2d4-421f-97e5-00d9d7e74425/2020NR02_Tree-Health-Survey-User-Manual.pdf.ashx" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.clevelandmetroparks.com/getmedia/43ff63dc-c2d4-421f-97e5-00d9d7e74425/2020NR02_Tree-Health-Survey-User-Manual.pdf.ashx</a></span></span></div><p class="yiv4191113496msonormal" style="margin: 0px 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0px 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">2) spotted lanternfly β present in Prince William County (see map at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="yiv4191113496msohyperlink"><a href="https://nysipm.cornell.edu/environment/invasive-species-exotic-pests/spotted-lanternfly/" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://nysipm.cornell.edu/environment/invasive-species-exotic-pests/spotted-lanternfly/</a></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>] as well as in the apple-producing counties of the northern Shenandoah Valley (Virginia and West Virginia). Threatening the growing wine region of Loudoun County. Information on symptoms and how to report available at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="yiv4191113496msohyperlink"><a href="https://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/plant-industry-services.shtml" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/plant-industry-services.shtml</a></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[scroll down below section on unsolicited seeds]</span></div><p class="yiv4191113496msonormal" style="margin: 0px 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0px 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Right on the edge of the Mid-Atlantic region: laurel wilt disease on sassafras. This insect/pathogen complex has killed 90% of redbay in the southeast; it is now spreading on sassafras. It has been detected in Sullivan County, Tennessee (across border from Lee, Scott, or Washington counties, Virginia). It is also present in northern Kentucky and Johnson and Wayne counties in North Carolina. For symptoms on sassafras, go to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="yiv4191113496msohyperlink"><a href="https://forestry.ca.uky.edu/sites/forestry.ca.uky.edu/files/forfs20-01laurel_wilt_factsheet.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://forestry.ca.uky.edu/sites/forestry.ca.uky.edu/files/forfs20-01laurel_wilt_factsheet.pdf</a></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">If you find suspicious trees, report them to Virginia Department of Forestry at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="yiv4191113496msohyperlink"><a href="https://dof.virginia.gov/" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://dof.virginia.gov/</a></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span id="cid:image001.png@01D786CC.41E201E0"><image001.png></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> <span id="cid:image002.png@01D786CC.41E201E0"><image002.png></span></span></div><p class="yiv4191113496msonormal" style="margin: 0px 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0px 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">A third pest already introduced to Virginia is the elm zigzag sawfly, <em class="">Aproceros leucopoda</em>. The larvae were collected from Chinese elm, but elm zigzag sawfly is also known to feed on American elm, English elm, Siberia elm and several other elm species. The insect has previously been known to be present in Canada. 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