Spotted Lanternfly inGreenville County, SCSPOTTED LANTERNFLY GUIDE

Greenville County anchors the Upstate South Carolina Piedmont and sits in the Appalachian foothills at the convergence of I-85 and I-385 — one of the most critical SLF advance monitoring zones in the Southeast. The I-85 corridor is the primary northward spread route for spotted lanternfly moving out of the established Mid-Atlantic and Carolinas zones, making Greenville a frontline county for early detection. BMW's major manufacturing campus in Greer and the Inland Port Greer intermodal container facility handle direct freight connections with ports in Charleston and internationally, creating high introduction risk from cargo that may have passed through quarantine areas. SC Dept of Agriculture has Greenville County under active surveillance as the most at-risk Upstate county for initial SLF establishment.