If you are a maple producer located within 25-miles of a confirmed spotted lanternfly detection (and we have a good mailing address for you…big caveat!), you should be receiving an SLF kit in the mail today or certainly by the end of the week.
That kit will supply you with some helpful identification resources, a pickled SLF adult to call your very own, a postcard asking for a few Brix value readings from your maple trees, and a QR code link to an instructional video.
If you do not receive a citizen science kit, but you still want to participate, please do so. We would be honored to have you contribute.
First, download this file of the SLF Postcard (PDF).
Second, watch this instructional video.
Third, collect as much data as you can during your 2024 maple season.
Fourth, seal up your printed datasheet in an envelope and mail to me at:
Attn: Gabe Karns
Sch of Env & Nat Resources
2021 Coffey Road
210 Kottman Hall
Columbus, OH 43210
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please reply to this post or shoot me an email at karns.36@osu.edu.