Spotted lanternfly quarantine zone expanded in Virginia

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) – The Virginia Division of Agriculture and Client Companies (VDACS) has expanded the Virginia Noticed Lanternfly Quarantine zone in an effort to sluggish the unfold of the invasive insect.

The expanded areas now embrace the counties of Albemarle, Augusta, Carroll, Web page, Prince William, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Shenandoah, and Wythe and the cities of Buena Vista, Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, Lexington, Lynchburg, Manassas, Manassas Park, Staunton, and Waynesboro. The localities have been added after survey information confirmed the bugs have change into prevalent there.

Frederick, Clarke and Warren counties and town of Winchester have been beforehand within the zone and can stay within the quarantine zone.

“The Virginia Noticed Lanternfly Quarantine was established in 2019 to sluggish the unfold of this invasive insect pest to un-infested areas of the Commonwealth. The quarantine additionally helps companies keep away from further restrictions that could possibly be positioned on the motion of merchandise from noticed lanternfly infested areas to states and areas the place the insect has not been detected,” a launch stated.

VDACS stated companies within the quarantined space are required to acquire a allow and examine regulated articles to make sure they don’t comprise the lanternfly at any stage of life.

VDACS launched a listing of regulated articles:

• Any life stage of the noticed lanternfly;
• Stay or lifeless timber; nursery inventory; inexperienced lumber; firewood; logs; perennial crops; backyard crops or produce; stumps; branches; mulch; or composted or un-composted chips, bark, or yard waste;
• Outside industrial or building supplies or tools; concrete obstacles or constructions; stone, quarry materials, decorative stone, or concrete; or building, landscaping, or reworking waste;
• Transport containers, reminiscent of wooden crates or packing containers;
• Outside family articles, together with leisure autos; garden tractors or mowers; grills; grill or furnishings covers; tarps; cellular houses; tile; stone; deck boards; or
• Any tools, vans, or autos not saved indoors; any technique of conveyance utilized for motion of an article; any automobile; or any trailer, wagon.

“Companies positioned inside the recognized quarantine space should observe the necessities of the noticed lanternfly quarantine. One requirement is for companies to acquire a allow with a purpose to transfer regulated articles out of the quarantined space. This allow will even permit for the cargo of regulated articles into or by way of states which have restrictions on the motion of regulated articles from Virginia’s noticed lanternfly quarantine,” a launch stated.

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