#4131 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Spotted Lanternfly
Lycorma delicatula
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © 藜梓柠 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Sakern | 永隔一江水 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © celestes · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Sakern | 永隔一江水 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © WanderingMogwai · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. © Serena Lynne · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © matthew_wills · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © John Guerin · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © donald_mcmunn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Claire Ciafré · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The spotted lanternfly ( Lycorma delicatula ) is a planthopper indigenous to parts of China and Vietnam. It has spread invasively to Japan, South Korea, and the United States, where it is often referred to by the acronym " SLF ". Its preferred host is the tree of heaven ( Ailanthus altissima ), but it also feeds on other trees, and on crops including soybean, grapes, stone fruits, and Malus spp . In its native habitat, L. delicatula populations are regulated by parasitic wasps.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 105,396 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Spotted Lanternfly
- scientific name
- Lycorma delicatula
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Fulgoridae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 4
- sightings worldwide
- 105,396
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 324726, Wikidata Q10571341, GBIF 5157899, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.