Michigan, meet your next unwanted summer guest… again. According to the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD), tracking in 2025 confirmed the presence of spotted lanternfly populations in Jackson, Lenawee, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, and Wayne counties.
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But that was 2025; what does that mean for this summer?
Where Michigan Stands Heading Into Summer 2026
Last year’s data tells a pretty clear story: these things don’t travel… they hitchhike like that one friend who “just needs a ride” and ends up staying for months. MDARD even checked shipping ports for them, which is never a sentence you want to hear about…..