The ‘Be on Alert for Spotted Lanternfly’ workshop welcomes grape and tender fruit growers, vineyard staff and owners, arborists, landscapers, government and conservation authority staff, students, gardeners, and members of the public.

Spotted lanternfly is a destructive invasive planthopper insect that has spread considerably across the northeastern U.S. states and poses an immediate threat to agriculture and the environment in Ontario.

Feeding in great numbers on more than 100 plant species, with a strong preference for grapevines, spotted lanternfly disrupts the flow of sugars needed by the plant. Heavy feeding can significantly weaken and sometimes kill grapevines.

The pest also targets black walnut and maple trees, and if spotted lanternfly establishes in Canada, it would impact Ontario’s grape and wine, horticulture, and forestry industries, as well as outdoor recreation and plant health more broadly.

This workshop offers an opportunity to learn about the potential impacts of spotted lanternfly in the Windsor area and how to identify and report this insect.

A presentation will be given by the Invasive Species Centre, followed by a question-and-answer period. Printed information materials will be available for participants to take for future reference.

WHEN
Monday, November 17 with the first workshop session from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. and the second session from 6:30 – 8 p.m. Both workshops will present the same content.

WHERE
Ojibway Nature Centre
5200 Matchett Road
Windsor, Ontario, N9C 4E8

Attendees can sign up for one of the two workshops here: https://bit.ly/4oGwgax