Lanternfly land currently

Irish hikes.

What you eat is what we need: using ants to detect spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) DNA The workflow of the ‘antDNA’ method. Ants actively forage on honeydew produced by sap-sucking insects such as the spotted lanternfly (SLF) and can retain it in their crops, serving as effective ‘hone...

Super cool study and technique we will be using at our Areawide site to detect spotted lanternfl #slf #invasivespecies

Spring flowers/less chaos

Sustainable Solutions for the Spotted Lanternfly: Expert Insights from Tracy Leskey Podcast Episode · USFWS/NCTC Future of Conservation · 03/24/2025 · 14m

A podcast i did with USFWS on spotted lanternfly dropped. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

Thank goodness for desk buddies today.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Chemically mediated trophic interactions of invasive herbivorous insects and their applications for monitoring and management Introduction of invasive herbivorous insects have significantly disrupted agricultural and forest ecosystems. Sources of stimuli used for monitoring a…

Recent review article we published.

Characterizing brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys Stål, host plant usage and acceptability: Methodological strengths and shortcomings We compared three tools for assessing invasive brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), host plant usage. Baited traps were deployed to measure populations in tree can...

Just published: comparing methods for assessing host use and acceptability by brown marmorated stink bug. Nice work by former mentees, Whitney Hadden and Jim Hepler.

That by definition is no longer an opinion section, but instead personal advocacy section. I just cancelled my subscription.

I am exceedingly proud of all of my mentees. Those pictured below worked with me on invasive species research. Sometimes an opportunity for reflection reminds us of how much we have accomplished and how far we have come.

I love a Caribbean sunset!

Happy New Year!!

Thanks for the sunset, New Hampshire.

Showing off my ugly holiday sweater with stink bug motif.