The Spotted Lanternfly and the Damage it could cause to trees
Many types of insects or pests are found in farms and on trees that can cause obstruction, but some of them can possess a greater threat and cause huge damage. The Spotted Lanternfly is one of them. Now, you all are wondering about what is Spotted Lanternfly? The Spotted Lanternfly is a landscape planthopper, which is originally indigenous to Eastern Asia, Bangladesh, China, Vietnam, and India. Adam White was the one who has initially talked about the spotted Lanternfly in 1845. The Spotted Lanternfly was detected in South Korea in 2004 and then first detected in 2014 in Southeastern Pennsylvania.
The spotted lanternfly strikes the fruit trees but not the fruit itself and it is a sap-sucking insect. The SLF is also known as Lycorma Delicatula a very harmful insect that highly prefers Ailanthus trees or trees of heaven, walnuts, grapevines, hardwood trees, and less likely to have pine trees. They have a very wide variety of plants to attack.
How do SLF damage Trees:
For most people, these new buds and shoots are the sign of the start of spring season but for others, this may cause apprehension due to spotted lanternflies. SLF is an invasive insect as it has an insatiable appetite and reproductive nature. Moreover, Lanternfly has some alarming qualities, as it has the ability to suck & feed on a wide variety of plants and trees many of which have commercial values. The spotted Lanternfly has different growth stages, at each stage, it has different nature and behavior.
Lanternfly has the ability to lay eggs on every surface like bicycle, tank, train, container, or anything while other flies lay eggs on living plants. The insects that have the ability to lay eggs everywhere have more chances to survive and spread. Due to this spreading nature of spotted lanternflies, they can harm a wide range of trees and plants. SLF is a sap-feeding insect due to which it can affect the full tree and its roots also.
Major Concern:
The spotted lanternfly literally drinks the lifeblood of a tree which is a sap of the tree and harms its overall production. The severe destruction caused by SLF will harm the economy. When this insect is first detected in Korea in 2006, it was proved to be highly destructive and cause economic loss. This is a serious situation to be concerned about, as it affects the trees and production from trees. If this situation arises you should seek help from STUMP BUSTERS LLC a stump removal company to avoid further destruction.
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