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Photo from Fairfax County Government Website

An adult insect was found recently in a shipment of produce at a local grocery store in Annandale. Any spotted lanternflies you detect should be killed immediately. They can cause serious damage to home and commercial gardens. Peach, apple, grape and wine industries in Virginia are threatened most by the spotted lanternfly.

Learn how to identify the developmental stages of the insect as well as how to destroy this very destructive invasive insect.

Here are more ways to destroy them.