The invasive pest spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) likely arrived in the United States as an egg mass hitchhiking on building stone imported from Asia to Southeastern Pennsylvania. The pest was discovered in 2014 when a forester observed adult lanternflies massing on the trunks of tree-of-heaven close to building stone company’s lot. Tree-of-heaven is itself an invasive import […]
About WIGL
The Woody Invasives of the Great Lakes (WIGL) Collaborative brings interested partners together to consolidate information on woody invasive plant species. The WIGL Collaborative is coordinated by the Midwest Invasive Plant Network.