Spotted Lanternfly Nymph (Early Instar)

Found on a wide variety of plants, including tree-of-heaven, grapevines, fruit trees, and various hardwoods in urban, suburban, and forested areas.

Phloem feeders that use piercing-sucking mouthparts to drink sap from over 70 different plant species.

Active jumpers that move quickly when disturbed; they undergo hemimetabolous metamorphosis, starting as black with white spots before turning red in their 4th instar stage.

Highly invasive and destructive agricultural pest that causes significant damage to vineyards and orchards; they excrete 'honeydew' which promotes mold growth and attracts other pests.