Overview
- The quarantine took effect Feb. 17, expanding prior restrictions in 18 counties to cover the entire state.
- Trees and nursery stock may not be moved out of Ohio without a compliance agreement, permit, or inspection certificate.
- Producers shipping to non-regulated areas must have loads inspected and certified free of spotted lanternflies.
- State guidance now urges residents to kill insects and egg masses and no longer submit routine sighting reports, while broad pesticide use is discouraged.
- Businesses can obtain certification assistance through the Ohio Department of Agriculture’s Plant Pest Control Section as the response shifts to statewide management.