Spotted Lanternfly inFauquier County, VASPOTTED LANTERNFLY GUIDE
Fauquier County is Virginia Piedmont wine country at its most concentrated — confirmed for SLF in 2023 as populations pushed west and south from the Northern Virginia core along the I-66 corridor. The county is home to more than 20 wineries along the Fauquier Wine Trail, making it one of the highest-stakes SLF agricultural zones in the Commonwealth. Warrenton, the county seat, sits at the junction of major east-west and north-south routes that have served as primary vectors for SLF introduction from Loudoun and Prince William counties. The rolling Piedmont hills and Rappahannock River headwaters provide both natural spread corridors and some of the most scenic and ecologically valuable agricultural landscape in northern Virginia.
Highest activity zones
SLF Hotspots in Fauquier County, VA
Warrenton downtown and Route 29 corridor
Active zone
I-66 eastern corridor (east-west spread vector)
Active zone
Rappahannock River headwaters greenway
Active zone
Fauquier Wine Trail — 20+ wineries at risk
Active zone
Sky Meadows State Park area
Active zone
Primary SLF food source
Tree of Heaven in Fauquier County, VA
Tree of Heaven is established along I-66 road margins and the Route 29 corridor through Warrenton in Fauquier County, providing primary SLF dispersal pathways from the established Northern Virginia infestation zone westward into Piedmont wine country. The Rappahannock River headwater corridors have Ailanthus colonization along riparian margins that extends SLF habitat through the county's agricultural interior. Wine Trail road margins near Delaplane, Marshall, and The Plains are priority monitoring zones as SLF populations threaten Fauquier's most economically significant agricultural landscape.
Identify Tree of Heaven →Local action resources
What To Do in Fauquier County, VA
Report a Sighting
Every sighting in Fauquier County, VA maps the invasion front. Report directly to Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
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