Please reference the following message, from Dr. Elizabeth McCarty, providing informative resources to educate clientele regarding the detection of spotted lanternfly in Georgia.
Good afternoon. I’m sure that you’ve heard that spotted lanternfly (SLF) is now in Georgia. In 2022, once SLF was detected next door in North Carolina, GFC forest health personnel, Bugwood, GDA, and others began to prepare materials in advance of SLF’s arrival, and those materials are available to support County Extension. Materials can be shared and used in county programming. Our SLF resources have been updated to reflect that it is now in Georgia and to share the reporting link.
The materials are listed below along with the SLF webpage on the Georgia Invasives website and recent social media posts that can be shared. A social media image is also attached. Please share the resource links rather than PDFs. If any updates are made to the outreach products, they will be automatically reflected when people click on the link.
Please encourage Georgia residents to report SLF
Spotted Lanternfly Publications
UGA – GFC – GDA Fact Sheet – https://resources.ipmcenters.org/resource.cfm?rid=36520
North Central IPM Fact Sheet – https://resources.ipmcenters.org/view/resource.cfm?rid=39421
Infographics
UGA – GFC – GDA Infographic – can be printed on 11 x 17 paper – https://resources.ipmcenters.org/resource.cfm?rid=36519
Nymphs lookalikes – https://resources.ipmcenters.org/view/resource.cfm?rid=14341
Cleaning outdoor Equipment – https://resources.ipmcenters.org/view/resource.cfm?rid=40445
Artistic graphic – https://resources.ipmcenters.org/resource.cfm?rid=35335
Coloring sheet – https://resources.ipmcenters.org/view/resource.cfm?rid=35336
Georgia invasives SLF page:
Power Point Presentation agents can use
https://presents.bugwood.org/browse/view.cfm?pn=00000373
Bugwood images and maps
Images (free for educational use ) https://www.forestryimages.org/browse/subthumb.cfm?sub=77293
Maps (defaulting to county; free for use and additions to presentations) https://www.eddmaps.org/distribution/uscounty.cfm?sub=77293
