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28 January 2020 Developing Traps for the Spotted Lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae)
Joseph A. Francese, Miriam F. Cooperband, Kelly M. Murman, Stefani L. Cannon, Everett G. Booth, Sarah M. Devine, Matthew S. Wallace
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Abstract

The spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula (White), an invasive, phloem-feeding fulgorid generalist, was recently discovered in the United States. Current trapping methods include placing glue-covered sticky bands around trunks of host trees to exploit the lanternfly's behavior of climbing up tree trunks. These bands are messy and need to be replaced often as they become covered in both target and nontarget insects and debris. Fourth instar nymphs and adults have also shown an ability to escape from traditional tree bands or avoid capture. A promising commercially available tree band (BugBarrier) design that faces inward to the trunk and targets larger developmental stages was tested. A modified pecan weevil trap (circle trunk trap) was also compared with tree bands. This design does not require the use of insect-trapping adhesive. Circle trunk traps caught more third and fourth instar and adult L. delicatula than BugBarrier bands. Flight intercept traps caught fewer adult L. delicatula than trunk-based tree bands. In a separate comparison, more spotted lanternflies were caught on adhesive-coated ‘tree mimicking’ traps placed along the edges of Ailanthus altissima Swingle (Sapindales: Simaroubaceae) stands than away from hosts in an open field. Circle trunk traps are recommended for their effectiveness at capturing L. delicatula as well as their relative ease-of-use and reusability.

Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America 2020. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.
Joseph A. Francese, Miriam F. Cooperband, Kelly M. Murman, Stefani L. Cannon, Everett G. Booth, Sarah M. Devine, and Matthew S. Wallace "Developing Traps for the Spotted Lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae)," Environmental Entomology 49(2), 269-276, (28 January 2020). https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvz166
Received: 29 October 2019; Accepted: 12 December 2019; Published: 28 January 2020
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circle trunk trap
intercept panel trap
modified plum curculio trap
sticky tree band
tall prism trap
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