CDFA Pierce's Disease / Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Board

We’re concerned. We don’t want this to move farther north, said Beth Stone-Smith with USDA. This thing can be a real beast for us to contain and control.

Nursery Stock Approved Treatment Program (ATP): As of March 31, 2021, there were 3,188 ATP shipments, consisting of approximately 644,416 plants. No regulatory actions have been taken against any ATP nurseries for viable life stages so far this year.

"Seven years since the Spotted Lanternfly was discovered in a quarry around 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia, it remains a time bomb to the Mid-Atlantic wine industry and a potential threat as far west as California." Click below to read about how the East Coast is fighting this pest.

As of March 31, 2021, there were 10,702 nursery stock shipments to non-infested areas of the state. Origin county inspectors have stopped one glassy-winged sharpshooter adult, one nymph, and four egg masses from moving in nursery stock shipments. All nursery shipments were free of GWSS during destination inspections.

This is a potentially serious pest for California grape growers that has proven to be a challenge to manage where it is already established, said Dr. Matt Kaiser, California Department of Food and Agriculture. We are learning new things all the time that are aiding in new management strategies as well as new regulations to prevent the artificial spread of the pest.