06/11/2026
How To Handle Spotted Lanternfly On Your Leesburg Property In 2026 🦋
Spotted lanternfly are hatching again across Leesburg. They’re tiny black nymphs with white spots that climb the trunks of maples, river birch, and grapevines that hatched from egg masses laid last fall.
In 2025, Virginia repealed its spotted lanternfly quarantine, and that change has confused a lot of residents into thinking the problem is solved when it isn’t.
Spotted lanternfly is now firmly established across Loudoun County, and the nymphs emerging are already feeding their way through the area. What homeowners do now still plays a major role in slowing the damage.
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