Massachusetts Introduced Pests Outreach Blog

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We’ve reached that time of year when our agency’s Spotted Lanternfly Survey Team has kicked into high gear. If you come home to see one of these doorhangers on your front door, it means the survey team is in your area! Please help us control the spread of this invasive pest: if the team is […]

Is this a spotted lanternfly? It has spots, but no – this is actually a wood leopard moth, Zeuzera pyrina. But do NOT feel bad if you see a leopard moth and submit a report to Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, thinking it is spotted lanternfly, because we actually ❤️love❤️ getting reports like this! Part […]

USDA Declares Statewide Quarantine to Stop Spread of Invasive Insect MDAR is announcing that the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service(USDA APHIS) has established a quarantine for the invasive pest known as box tree moth for the entire state of Massachusetts, and has set conditions for the export of boxwood […]