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Local: Estação Ciência
Cidade: João Pessoa
Dias: 09 e 10-12-08
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Muito Obrigado!
Ce petit loch de onze kilomètres de long, situé à l'ouest de Callander, dans le comté de Stirling, est renommé pour son site abrité et ses eaux calmes reflétant les bois environnants ainsi que les pentes escarpées du Ben Venue.
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This small freshwater loch is well known for its sheltered location, giving rise to placid waters offering magnificent reflections of the woodland to the south, the mountains and forests to the north and the majestic crags of Ben Venue to the west.
Après des dédicaces adressées à...
BARDAXI , pour l'amour qu'il m'a transmis du HDR:
www.flickr.com/photos/regisa/15365956973/in/photolist-ppQ...
ETVA101, pour sa folie créative et malheureusement aussi son décès : www.flickr.com/photos/regisa/16005258601/in/photolist-ppQ....
Rien NAGELMACKER, pour son minimalisme et ses expérimentations:
www.flickr.com/photos/regisa/15096891023/in/photolist-ppQ....
&
www.flickr.com/photos/regisa/16674850972/in/photolist-ppQ...
... en voici une adressée à mon ami-flickerien Alain BEAUVOIS, que j'ai eu l'immense chance de croiser lors d'une expo qu'il tenait à Oye-Plage il y a deux ans: www.flickr.com/photos/alainbeauvois62/sets/72157633392718... .
C'est beau, non ? Très très beau, c'est indéniable ! "Pourquoi retoucher la nature ? N'est-elle pas belle telle quelle ?" Son message m'avait marqué. C'est vrai, faire passer une émotion, sans le moindre trucage, c'est le top du top...
C'est donc avec un immense plaisir sans doute que ce photographe qui prône la non-retouche comme valeur ultime et universelle de talent et voue les logiciels aux gémonies, savourera ce cliché ci-dessus, où le post-traitement est exceptionnellement resté au vestiaires (sauf pour les bordures et encadrements... on ne se refait pas, faut pas déconner non plus...)
Ce monsieur "rayonnant" ( www.flickr.com/photos/alainbeauvois62/16001102023/in/phot... ), qui jubile visiblement à se mettre en scène, n'est pas simplement le prototype du puriste auto-déclaré méprisant toutes les pratiques et techniques modernes qui ont élargies le spectre du domaine photographique d'une façon aussi riche et hallucinante et qui rendent notre passion sans limite (montages numériques, collages, HDR, textures, expositions longues, peintures digitales... et que sais-je encore...). C'est aussi un non-partageur, un bourreau de l'interactivité: mes petits commentaires naïfs de photographe amateur débutant et ébloui postés il y a deux ans ont été effacés. Bon. Et le bloquage est désormais fermement activé. Ah, ça se confirme. J'avais déjà été fortement déçu par le fait que ma visite n'ait pas suscité en retour une petite visite dans l'autre sens... un petit merci, un petit mot pour un petit cliché de l'élève qui méritait peut-être un petit louange du Maître...
Son credo de la photo pure, sans retouche, sans OGM, sans matière grasse et sans conservateur, ces bonnes valeurs conformistes louées aussi fièrement, ne sont plus désormais pour moi, le fan déçu, qu'un confort intellectuel que ce ch'ti s'est harmonieusement octroyé. Pour ne pas devoir faire face à un monde de technologies et de bidouillages supplémentaires qui lui sont inconnus. Et pour surfer tout en haut de son estime de soi.
Pour les photographes de ch'Nord/Pas-de-Calais qui valent photographiquement mais aussi humainement le coup, je vote à l'unanimité, et y'a pas d'ordre de préférence:
Sébastien CARBONNIER: www.flickr.com/photos/carbonnier-photographie/sets/721576... (un album royal de portraits d'enfants)
Pascal DESNAM: www.flickr.com/photos/desnam/sets/72157646251976997/ (petits délires champêtres)
Florence VERBAERE : www.flickr.com/photos/flo59/sets/72157627772661193
(superbe album d'univers celtique et féérique)
Pascal STINFLIN :
www.flickr.com/photos/stinflin_p/sets/72157648358097386/ (la poésie industrielle)
Vincent BERNAMONT: www.flickr.com/photos/58769600@N07/16557468136/ (l'estran et la mer comme on ne les voit jamais)
HOBBYPHOTO18:
www.flickr.com/photos/124244860@N05/sets/72157645331379427/ (les bunkers et leurs tags)
Et doit y'en avoir plein d'autres que j'ai pas encore découverts ! Qui que vous conseillez vous ?
"Twilight dreams"
A new place I have been lucky enough to photograph recently. 110 seconds of exposure, in which time seems to stop, while a strong sensation of calm embraces you.
Vega Beach, Asturias, Spain. Also available in my website, trough the following:
www.sergiolanzaphotography.com/Galleries/Landscapes/i-Ppq...
You can follow my work in my Facebook Fanpage,
www.facebook.com/SergioLanzaPhotography?fref=photo
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"Twilight dreams"
Un nuevo lugar que he tenido la suerte de fotografiar recientemente. 110 segundos de exposición en los que el tiempo parece detenerse, mientras que una fuerte sensación de calma te abraza.
Playa de Vega, Asturias, España. También disponible en mi página web, en el siguiente enlace:
www.sergiolanzaphotography.com/Galleries/Landscapes/i-Ppq...
Podéis seguir mi trabajo en mi página de Facebook,
Basking in the summer sun...Melbourne Essendon Airport 30/01/15
Check out my non aviation pictures at www.flickr.com/photos/gspiccies
Strobist; Two 100W StudioPro Strobes, one camera left, one camera right, both with 20x28" double-diffused softboxes as modifiers. Face of the softbox on each side was about 6" from the firearm. Both angled slightly toward the camera to minimize light bleed onto the background. Background is a black bedsheet approximately 3-4 feet behind the subject. Firearm is balanced on a Pelican 1520 Hard Case.
Comments/critique very welcome! How can I improve?
My Walther PPQM2. I was experimenting with a lighting setup in my basement - a work light to the front, defused with a t-shirt, and a flash to the side with a sheet to bounce the light back on to weapon. Edited in Lightroom, Silver Efex Pro, and Color Efex Pro
I had to stack two images to have proper focus on both the front and rear sight; I tried using 4, to have the glow from the Tritium vials, but the end result looked better just using two, and manually brightening the vials instead.
Strobist:
Two strobes, through 20x28" softboxes. One on either side of the pistol, angled slightly towards the camera to minimize lightfall on the background. Backdrop is just a black bedsheet tacked on the wall approximately 3-4 ft behind the firearm. Wirelessly triggered the strobes.
一拳直擊Maison Martin Margiela、ISSEY MIYAKE、minä perhonen、Vivienne Westwood…等知名品牌，囊括各家每季定期發行的平面文宣及時裝型錄，是時尚愛好者及相關業界人士必備的一冊。日本人對於細節之處的堅持偏執，特別顯見在整本「ファッションブランドの印刷物」的編集製作上。除了流行品牌的蒐錄異常齊全外，高水準的印刷技術更讓人不必觸及實物也能感受到每款品牌特色。奢侈大氣的開度規格、低調簡約的精裝設計，絕對能夠滿足最挑剔的讀者品味。
010 Maison Martin Margiela
022 NOM DE GUERRE
028 Y’s
036 ISSEY MIYAKE
040 MIHARAYASUHIRO
044 PPQ
048 ato
056 ODEUR
058 JOHN LAWRENCE SULLIVAN
062 ripvanwinkle
064 YAECA
066 Reverence
067 Thomas Burberry
068 TOUJOURS
070 beautiful people
072 MÄR
078 LAD MUSICIAN
084 minä perhonen
092 PINCEAU
096 ANNI KUAN
104 FUGAHUM
105 Xampagne
106 Sally Scott
110 MATTHEW WILLIAMSON
112 GIVENCHY
114 G.V.G.V.
118 ADAM KIMMEL
120 BLESS
128 P.A.M.
136 Paul Smith
140 LACOSTE
146 DIANA ORVING
147 VERRIER
148 Vivienne Westwood
150 Bernhard Willhelm
158 BODKIN
160 ANREALAGE
162 Reign
163 OZONE ROCKS
164 writtenafterwards
166 L’Appartement
168 matohu
170 mint designs
174 Dior
176 Dior Addict
177 threeASFOUR
178 IDEEËN
180 Karen KARCH
181 Tess Giberson
182 PUMA 96 HOURS
184 Alexander McQUEEN PUMA
186 LERARIO BEATRIZ
188 fiftytwo
190 LOEWE
194 LORICK
198 Munthe plus Simonsen
200 ROBERT GELLER
206 Kipling
208 .efiLevol
209 Taylor design
210 Rick Owens
212 mirage
213 Six Eight Seven Six
214 UTE PLOIER
218 ZUCCa
PPQ310 " Personaspaq 310" leaving Ontario for Tijuana in the morning. Sadly this old lady has a very uninspired scheme. Very small Aerocar titles.
This Convair 580F was converted to a freighter for use by Evergreen in 1976 and had started her life in 1952 as a Convair 340-36 (construction number 24) with Hawaiian as N5506K.
At the time of the picture she was in her 72nd year !!
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Plant Protection and Quarantine program (PPQ) National Detector Dog Training Center (NDDTC) Animal Caretaker Tinene Fraizer performs a routine health check on Detector Dog Trainee Booma, in Newnan, Georgia on April 5, 2019. The dogs' teeth are regularly brushed.
The center is designed and equipped to train detector dog teams (canines and handlers) to safeguard American agriculture. USDAâs APHIS PPQ and the Department of Homeland Securityâs U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) use detector dog teams, known as the Beagle Brigade, to search for prohibited agricultural products at major U.S. ports of entry (airports and land border crossings), mail and cargo facilities. The teams detect prohibited agricultural products that can carry foreign pests and diseases that threaten U.S. agriculture and forests. For decades, the Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) program has been training canines to sniff out fruits, vegetables, and certain meat products. They have detected prohibited or restricted agricultural imports with impressive effectiveness. In 2016 alone, PPQ experts trained 67 dogs and 91 canine handlers for use by PPQ, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, State departments of agriculture, county agricultural commissioner's offices, and foreign agriculture ministries.
PPQâs National Detector Dog Training Center started in 1984 with just one dog and one trainer. Today, the Center is located in Newnan, GA, on 17 acres with 8 buildings and 100 kennels. The Center provides standard training on inspecting passenger baggage, cargo, mail, and parcels for prohibited or restricted agricultural items.
On average, dogs have hundreds of millions of scent-detecting cells in their nasal cavities, as compared to humans who only have 5 million. In addition, dogs are able to detect a single scent among complexes of many, overlapping scents.
Related USAF story and photos of USDA handler and dog detecting brown tree snakes at an airbase in Guam.
www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/587659/usda-dogs-...
USDA photo by Lance Cheung.
Mandatory Credit: Photo by David Fisher / Rex Features (1853297b)
Jameela Jamil
PPQ show, Spring Summer 2013, London Fashion Week, Britain - 14 Sep 2012
A brand new Walther PPQ M1 with Trijicon HD night sights, after its first cleaning, alongside an H&K USP full-size in 9mm that also received a nice cleaning; both laid out on a Condor roll-up gun cleaning mat. Lighting provided by one Studio Pro SP-100 through a double-diffused large softbox coming from the top of the frame, angled downward at 45*, with a white foam-core board below the frame to add some bounce/fill. Sony a6000 with an adapted Pentax-M 50mm f/4.0 Macro lens. For more check out www.staufhammer.com www.flickr.com/photos/alstauffer/ or www.facebook.com/staufhammer
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue observes USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Plant Protection and Quarantine program (PPQ) National Detector Dog Training Center (NDDTC) Training Specialist Kathleen Warfield and Detector Dog Trainee Buddy demonstrate their ability to detect fruit in a mock airport baggage claim area, in Newnan, Georgia on April 5, 2019.
USDA’s PPQ program detector dogs speed the efforts to determine foreign pest or disease outbreak, infestation’s boundaries and identify pest-free areas. They could also work at ports, sniffing entire shipments of commodities to detect traces of insect larvae or plant disease.
For decades, PPQ has been training canines to sniff out fruits, vegetables, and certain meat products. They have detected prohibited or restricted agricultural imports with impressive effectiveness. In 2016 alone, PPQ experts trained 67 dogs and 91 canine handlers for use by PPQ, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, State departments of agriculture, county agricultural commissioner's offices, and foreign agriculture ministries.
PPQ’s National Detector Dog Training Center started in 1984 with just one dog and one trainer. Today, the Center is located in Newnan, GA, on 17 acres with 8 buildings and 100 kennels. The Center provides standard training on inspecting passenger baggage, cargo, mail, and parcels for prohibited or restricted agricultural items.
On average, dogs have hundreds of millions of scent-detecting cells in their nasal cavities, as compared to humans who only have 5 million. In addition, dogs are able to detect a single scent among complexes of many, overlapping scents.
Related USAF story and photos of USDA handler and dog detecting brown tree snakes at an airbase in Guam.
www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/587659/usda-dogs-...
USDA photo by Lance Cheung.
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue observes Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) National Detector Dog Training Center (NDDTC) Detector Dog Trainee Harlee and Training Specialist Cresandra Anderson performing a vehicle inspection and find raw meat in the engine compartment of the car, in Newnan, Georgia on April 5, 2019.
USDA’s PPQ program detector dogs speed the efforts to determine foreign pest or disease outbreak, infestation’s boundaries and identify pest-free areas. They could also work at ports, sniffing entire shipments of commodities to detect traces of insect larvae or plant disease.
For decades, PPQ has been training canines to sniff out fruits, vegetables, and certain meat products. They have detected prohibited or restricted agricultural imports with impressive effectiveness. In 2016 alone, PPQ experts trained 67 dogs and 91 canine handlers for use by PPQ, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, State departments of agriculture, county agricultural commissioner's offices, and foreign agriculture ministries.
PPQ’s National Detector Dog Training Center started in 1984 with just one dog and one trainer. Today, the Center is located in Newnan, GA, on 17 acres with 8 buildings and 100 kennels. The Center provides standard training on inspecting passenger baggage, cargo, mail, and parcels for prohibited or restricted agricultural items.
On average, dogs have hundreds of millions of scent-detecting cells in their nasal cavities, as compared to humans who only have 5 million. In addition, dogs are able to detect a single scent among complexes of many, overlapping scents.
Related USAF story and photos of USDA handler and dog detecting brown tree snakes at an airbase in Guam.
www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/587659/usda-dogs-...
USDA photo by Lance Cheung.
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) National Detector Dog Training Center (NDDTC) Training Specialist Kathleen Warfield with Detector Dog Trainee Bud E in a mock airport baggage claim area in Newnan, Georgia on April 4, 2019. The center is designed and equipped to train detector dog teams (canines and handlers) to safeguard American agriculture. USDAâs Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection and Quarantine program and the Department of Homeland Securityâs U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) use detector dog teams, known as the Beagle Brigade, to search for prohibited agricultural products at major U.S. ports of entry (airports and land border crossings), mail and cargo facilities. The teams detect prohibited agricultural products that can carry foreign pests and diseases that threaten U.S. agriculture and forests. For decades, the Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) program has been training canines to sniff out fruits, vegetables, and certain meat products. They have detected prohibited or restricted agricultural imports with impressive effectiveness. In 2016 alone, PPQ experts trained 67 dogs and 91 canine handlers for use by PPQ, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, State departments of agriculture, county agricultural commissioner's offices, and foreign agriculture ministries.
PPQâs National Detector Dog Training Center started in 1984 with just one dog and one trainer. Today, the Center is located in Newnan, GA, on 17 acres with 8 buildings and 100 kennels. The Center provides standard training on inspecting passenger baggage, cargo, mail, and parcels for prohibited or restricted agricultural items.
On average, dogs have hundreds of millions of scent-detecting cells in their nasal cavities, as compared to humans who only have 5 million. In addition, dogs are able to detect a single scent among complexes of many, overlapping scents.
Related USAF story and photos of USDA handler and dog detecting brown tree snakes at an airbase in Guam.
www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/587659/usda-dogs-...
USDA photo by Lance Cheung.
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue observes USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Plant Protection and Quarantine program (PPQ) National Detector Dog Training Center (NDDTC) Training Specialist Kathleen Warfield and Detector Dog Trainee Buddy demonstrate their ability to detect fruit in a mock airport baggage claim area, in Newnan, Georgia on April 5, 2019.
USDA’s PPQ program detector dogs speed the efforts to determine foreign pest or disease outbreak, infestation’s boundaries and identify pest-free areas. They could also work at ports, sniffing entire shipments of commodities to detect traces of insect larvae or plant disease.
For decades, PPQ has been training canines to sniff out fruits, vegetables, and certain meat products. They have detected prohibited or restricted agricultural imports with impressive effectiveness. In 2016 alone, PPQ experts trained 67 dogs and 91 canine handlers for use by PPQ, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, State departments of agriculture, county agricultural commissioner's offices, and foreign agriculture ministries.
PPQ’s National Detector Dog Training Center started in 1984 with just one dog and one trainer. Today, the Center is located in Newnan, GA, on 17 acres with 8 buildings and 100 kennels. The Center provides standard training on inspecting passenger baggage, cargo, mail, and parcels for prohibited or restricted agricultural items.
On average, dogs have hundreds of millions of scent-detecting cells in their nasal cavities, as compared to humans who only have 5 million. In addition, dogs are able to detect a single scent among complexes of many, overlapping scents.
Related USAF story and photos of USDA handler and dog detecting brown tree snakes at an airbase in Guam.
www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/587659/usda-dogs-...
USDA photo by Lance Cheung.
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Plant Protection and Quarantine program (PPQ) National Detector Dog Training Center (NDDTC) Animal Caretaker Tinene Fraizer performs a routine health check on Detector Dog Trainee Booma, in Newnan, Georgia on April 5, 2019. The center is designed and equipped to train detector dog teams (canines and handlers) to safeguard American agriculture. USDAâs APHIS PPQ and the Department of Homeland Securityâs U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) use detector dog teams, known as the Beagle Brigade, to search for prohibited agricultural products at major U.S. ports of entry (airports and land border crossings), mail and cargo facilities. The teams detect prohibited agricultural products that can carry foreign pests and diseases that threaten U.S. agriculture and forests. For decades, the Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) program has been training canines to sniff out fruits, vegetables, and certain meat products. They have detected prohibited or restricted agricultural imports with impressive effectiveness. In 2016 alone, PPQ experts trained 67 dogs and 91 canine handlers for use by PPQ, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, State departments of agriculture, county agricultural commissioner's offices, and foreign agriculture ministries.
PPQâs National Detector Dog Training Center started in 1984 with just one dog and one trainer. Today, the Center is located in Newnan, GA, on 17 acres with 8 buildings and 100 kennels. The Center provides standard training on inspecting passenger baggage, cargo, mail, and parcels for prohibited or restricted agricultural items.
On average, dogs have hundreds of millions of scent-detecting cells in their nasal cavities, as compared to humans who only have 5 million. In addition, dogs are able to detect a single scent among complexes of many, overlapping scents.
Related USAF story and photos of USDA handler and dog detecting brown tree snakes at an airbase in Guam.
www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/587659/usda-dogs-...
USDA photo by Lance Cheung.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) technicians are working with state and local partners; businesses and residents to stop the spread of the spotted lanternfly* a destructive insect that feeds on a wide range of fruit, ornamental, and hardwood trees, including grapes, apples, walnut, and oak; a serious threat to the United States' agriculture and natural resources, such as in Reading, Pennsylvania, on August 30, 2018. The pest damages plants as it sucks sap from branches, stems, and tree trunks. The repeated feedings leave the tree bark with dark scars. Spotted lanternfly also excretes a sticky fluid, which promotes mold growth and further weakens plants and puts our agriculture and forests at risk. Native to Asia, the spotted lanternfly has no natural enemies in North America. it's free to multiply and ravage orchards, vineyards, and wooded areas. The invasive insect was first detected in the United States in Pennsylvania in 2014, and has now spread to several states, by people who accidentally move infested material or items containing egg masses. Most states are at risk of the pest. USDA and our state and local partners are working hard to stop the spread of this invasive pest. Look for signs of spotted lanternfly. Inspect your trees and plants for young spotted lanternfly, adults, and egg masses. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
*Adult spotted lanternflies are approximately 1 inch long and one-half inch wide, and they have large and visually striking wings. Their forewings are light brown with black spots at the front and a speckled band at the rear. Their hind wings are scarlet with black spots at the front and white and black bars at the rear. Their abdomen is yellow with black bars. Nymphs in their early stages of development appear black with white spots and turn to a red phase before becoming adults. Egg masses are yellowish-brown in color, covered with a gray, waxy coating prior to hatching. Look for nymphs, adults, and eggs on trees. The Tree of Heaven is the preferred tree. Spotted lanternfly lay their eggs on a variety of smooth surfaces. Look for egg masses (which are off-white to grey and textured patches) on tree bark, vehicles, buildings, and outdoor items.
Find it, report it!
Contact your State Department of Agriculture or the Extension specialist near you to report signs of spotted lanternfly. If possible, take a picture or capture the insect in alcohol.
Stop the Spread
Everyone can play a role in stopping the spread of spotted lanternfly
Remove and Destroy
Crush nymph and adult spotted lanternflies. Scrape egg masses into hand sanitizer or rubbing alcohol.
For more information about the Spotted Lanternfly, please see www.aphis.usda.gov/hungrypests/slf
For more information about the Tree of Heaven, please see www.nps.gov/shen/learn/nature/tree-of-heaven.htm
A brand new Walther PPQ M1 field stripped for its first cleaning to get it ready to hit the range for the first time, laid out on a Condor roll-up gun cleaning mat. Lighting provided by one Studio Pro SP-100 through a double-diffused large softbox coming from the top of the frame, angled downward at 45*, with a white foam-core board below the frame to add some bounce/fill. Sony a6000 with an adapted Pentax-M 50mm f/4.0 Macro lens. For more check out www.staufhammer.com www.flickr.com/photos/alstauffer/ or www.facebook.com/staufhammer
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) technicians are working with state and local partners; businesses and residents to stop the spread of the spotted lanternfly* a destructive insect that feeds on a wide range of fruit, ornamental, and hardwood trees, including grapes, apples, walnut, and oak; a serious threat to the United States' agriculture and natural resources, such as in Reading, Pennsylvania, on August 30, 2018. The pest damages plants as it sucks sap from branches, stems, and tree trunks. The repeated feedings leave the tree bark with dark scars. Spotted lanternfly also excretes a sticky fluid, which promotes mold growth and further weakens plants and puts our agriculture and forests at risk. Native to Asia, the spotted lanternfly has no natural enemies in North America. it's free to multiply and ravage orchards, vineyards, and wooded areas. The invasive insect was first detected in the United States in Pennsylvania in 2014, and has now spread to several states, by people who accidentally move infested material or items containing egg masses. Most states are at risk of the pest. USDA and our state and local partners are working hard to stop the spread of this invasive pest. Look for signs of spotted lanternfly. Inspect your trees and plants for young spotted lanternfly, adults, and egg masses. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
*Adult spotted lanternflies are approximately 1 inch long and one-half inch wide, and they have large and visually striking wings. Their forewings are light brown with black spots at the front and a speckled band at the rear. Their hind wings are scarlet with black spots at the front and white and black bars at the rear. Their abdomen is yellow with black bars. Nymphs in their early stages of development appear black with white spots and turn to a red phase before becoming adults. Egg masses are yellowish-brown in color, covered with a gray, waxy coating prior to hatching. Look for nymphs, adults, and eggs on trees. The Tree of Heaven is the preferred tree. Spotted lanternfly lay their eggs on a variety of smooth surfaces. Look for egg masses (which are off-white to grey and textured patches) on tree bark, vehicles, buildings, and outdoor items.
Find it, report it!
Contact your State Department of Agriculture or the Extension specialist near you to report signs of spotted lanternfly. If possible, take a picture or capture the insect in alcohol.
Stop the Spread
Everyone can play a role in stopping the spread of spotted lanternfly
Remove and Destroy
Crush nymph and adult spotted lanternflies. Scrape egg masses into hand sanitizer or rubbing alcohol.
For more information about the Spotted Lanternfly, please see www.aphis.usda.gov/hungrypests/slf
For more information about the Tree of Heaven, please see www.nps.gov/shen/learn/nature/tree-of-heaven.htm