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Archive for December, 2020

Are Christmas trees a risk for spreading spotted lanternfly?

At MDAR, we always have invasive insects on the brain, even at the start of the holiday season. Given all the new discoveries of Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula, “SLF”) in Massachusetts this year, you maybe be thinking about them too. While SLF adults die off with the first hard frost, their eggs will survive through […]