Spotted Lanternfly inSouth Bend, INSPOTTED LANTERNFLY GUIDE
St. Joseph County confirmed SLF activity in 2024, placing South Bend — the Notre Dame gateway and northern Indiana's largest city with a population of approximately 103,000 — in an active watch zone. The St. Joseph River corridor running through downtown and Mishawaka provides prime riparian Tree of Heaven habitat, and the legacy Studebaker manufacturing corridor hosts disturbed industrial land heavily colonized by TOH. Notre Dame's expansive campus grounds and large seasonal visitor influx from football events create significant vehicle-based introduction risk from established SLF states.
Where it's showing up
Key Neighborhoods
Highest activity zones
SLF Hotspots
Downtown South Bend riverfront
Active zone
Notre Dame campus grounds
Active zone
Mishawaka commercial corridor
Active zone
Studebaker National Museum brownfield corridor
Active zone
East Bank St. Joseph River trail
Active zone
Primary SLF food source
Tree of Heaven in South Bend, IN
The St. Joseph River riparian margins through downtown South Bend and Mishawaka provide natural TOH habitat connecting SLF dispersal corridors across northern Indiana. The former Studebaker manufacturing corridor — now a brownfield redevelopment zone — has significant Tree of Heaven colonization on disturbed industrial soils. Notre Dame's football and event seasons concentrate vehicle traffic from heavily infested eastern states, creating seasonal egg mass introduction risk. The East Bank trail system and downtown riverfront parks are priority early-detection monitoring zones.
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What To Do in South Bend, IN
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