Transgenerational experience can affect a range of natural enemies’ life-history traits and be involved in the control developmental plasticity. As major egg parasitoid spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae), wasp Anastatus orientalis (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae) is effective at suppressing its host populations. The reproductive A. known to depend on photoperiod conditions,...

Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae), the spotted lanternfly, native to China, invaded and established in northeast U.S. 2014. Since this time, populations have grown spread rapidly, invasion bridgeheads been detected mid-western states (i.e., Indiana 2021). This invasive pest presents a significant threat Californian agriculture. Therefore, proactive classical biological control program ...

To manage spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula (White)), an invasive planthopper recently introduced to the United States, governmental agencies, homeowners, and landscape professionals may treat its host plants with systemic neonicotinoid insecticides. Neonicotinoids can be harmful non-target insect floral visitors collecting pollen or nectar. The of red maple (Acer rubrum L.) tree-of-heaven...

A crucial asset in the management of invasive species is open-access sharing data on range invaders and progression their spread. Such should be current, comprehensive, consistent standardised, to support reproducible comparable forecasting efforts amongst multiple researchers managers. Here, we present lydemapr R package containing spatiotemporal mapping functions visualise current spread spot...

Host range assessment for emerging invasive insects is a vital step toward fully defining the issues insect may pose. Spotted lanternfly (SLF) an species that rapidly expanding its presence in United States. The primary hosts facilitating this spread are tree of heaven, plant from SLF’s native range, and economically important winegrape. Black walnut also implicated as common host plant. This s...