The Spotted Lanternfly in Connecticut 
Background for Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine in Connecticut
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) has issued a Quarantine Order with defined restricted areas for the exotic pest spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula (SLF for short). This insect has been detected in Connecticut with established populations detected in Fairfield, Litchfield, Hartford, New London, and New Haven Counties and single individuals intercepted in numerous towns. The spotted lanternfly is a new plant pest to the United States and represents a threat to Connecticut’s environment, residential areas, and agricultural interests, particularly forests, orchards, vineyards, and nurseries. The purpose of this quarantine is to slow the spread of SLF within the state and provide for certification of Connecticut businesses for movement of regulated articles out of state and help protect the economic interests of the state’s agricultural industries by suppressing, controlling, or eradicating infestations of spotted lanternfly in regulated areas, and provide by inspection or compliance agreement methods to permit the movement of regulated articles not infested with spotted lanternfly.
Fact Sheet: caes-slf-management-landscape-professionals-factsheet-
For more information, please click on this link: https://portal.ct.gov/deep/forestry/forest-protection/spotted-lanternfly
