A Newsletter for UMW Faculty and Staff
Assistant Professor of Biological Science Josephine Antwi
Assistant Professor of Biological Science Josephine Antwi contributed to an article titled, “Should You Worry About the Invasive Spotted Lanternfly?” published by Very Well Health. “It’s spreading like a wildfire, so it’s pretty concerning,” Antwi said. Read more.
Assistant Professor of Biological Science Josephine Antwi
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences Josephine Antwi was interviewed on NorthJersey.com/The Record about the invasive spotted lanternfly.
“The key right now, is to keep them from spreading and to keep their numbers down in areas where they currently occur,” said Josephine Antwi, an entomologist at the University of Mary Washington in Virginia. “By destroying egg masses in the winter, we keep the number of the following generation down.” Read more.
Assistant Professor of Biological Science Josephine Antwi
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences Josephine Antwi was interviewed by The Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang about the invasive Spotted Lanternfly, which has been spotted across the East Coast and has the potential to wreak havoc upon trees, plants and agricultural crops like apples, grapes, stone fruits and hop plants.
Despite having wings, the adults don’t fly far. The bugs are often spread by vehicles. Residents in quarantined counties are urged to inspect vehicles and goods for transport to ensure that the insects and their egg masses are not hitching a ride.
“If females lay eggs on a substrate that eventually moves (e.g., automobiles or goods), then they quickly spread that way,” Josephine Antwi, a professor of biology at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, wrote in an email. Read more.