Invasive species coming here is nothing new. Stink bugs are one of many examples. If they were going to do this on purpose, I'm sure they would have sent some sort of insect that is actually harmful to humans.
OT: Seeing a lot of lanternflies in central NJ
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Maybe Gen. Milley can call his buddy and smooth things over.
Also the big, long legged mosquitos we had as a kid. They were slow moving and easy to avoid. I’ve seen maybe one or two all summer. Now it’s those little f’ers who I dont even know are on me until they’re biting me
We have these tiny dark ones I never recall seeing before and like you say they are biting before you see them and before dusk. Very annoying
Nothing escapes my free ranging Chickens and Turkeys. Once they hit the ground they’re toast.
Well you gotta start increasing the number of livestock on your farm. By the way, you got any blue hens for tailgating?
Of stone? Oh man I read it came in on plants. Maybe I am confusing that with another invasive bug. My bad.
No but I could always spray paint one. However, I do have a breed which lays blue eggs.
YES! Good news. I also saw a robin eat one… now a few million more
Either that or they might send some kind of virus that could be lethal to 665,000 Americans and eventually shut the world down.
YES! Good news. I also saw a robin eat one… now a few million more
Yes, Chinese Praying Mantis eating a Spotted Lantern Fly.... invasive species taking each other out.
https://www.brandywine.org/conservancy/blog/invasive-mantis-species
Either that or they might send some kind of virus that could be lethal to 665,000 Americans and eventually shut the world down.
Yeah sure, if you're trying to release a virus into another country, of course the best way to do it is to release it among your own population first with the hope that it eventually spreads to the intended destination.
Have you ever seen an infested tree? They number in the hundreds, if not thousands.
Pretty sneaky if so right?? In all actuality though, I was trying to interject a little levity into the conversation.
What a marketing opportunity for pest control!
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These guys are ruining my arborvitae trees. Any advice on keeping them away, or anything to spray on the trees so they don't get killed?
I have literally killed thousands of SLF in the last 2 months (mostly on my maples and birches) using one of these. About 150-200 a day! But they keep coming. It is also more fun then it should be. Each one eliminated (assuming half lay eggs) is about 50 less next year. Happy hunting.
Wrap duct tape (sticky side out) around tree trunks. Cover with some sort of mesh barrier so the lanternflies still get to the tape but other things (i.e. birds) don’t meet a sticky end.
These little bastards seem to be moving. I’m in southern Hunterdon County and the last two years they were everywhere. This year has not been as bad.
The stink bugs this year are another story. Never seen this many.
These little bastards seem to be moving. I’m in southern Hunterdon County and the last two years they were everywhere. This year has not been as bad.
The stink bugs this year are another story. Never seen this many.
Start looking for SLF egg masses, Rutgers fans. I've already neutralized three egg masses on my shed.
Any video of shooting a lanternfly with it? I was thinking about making a crude rubber band gun.
I have literally killed thousands of SLF in the last 2 months (mostly on my maples and birches) using one of these. About 150-200 a day! But they keep coming. It is also more fun then it should be. Each one eliminated (assuming half lay eggs) is about 50 less next year. Happy hunting.
Penn State site (eww) but lots of good information how finding and removing SLF egg masses.
I have a cool slo-mo of shooting one (but I don’t know how to post my own photos/videos since I don’t use a sharing service). They are lethal to about 12-18 inches, but you can get with 2 or 3 inches on the lower ones. For those out of reach, up to about 5 feet above my gun reach, the salt spray makes them jump (usually downwards) so you hit them again when they land or step on them (remember they only jump 3 times then need to regain energy... that’s when you step on them). Unfortunately I see many out of reach up high in the trees (for anything above 12’ I have hit them with a hose to move them within range, but have only been partially successful). With the numbers I’m seeing next year is going to be bad.
I agree. We live right on the Somerset-Hunterdon border and remember first seeing them two years ago in Hunterdon. Now not only am I seeing them in my yard, but all over Princeton on my walks at lunchtime. My youngest son, a senior at RU, says they are all over New Brunswick now too.
We killed hundreds of these at our Delaware tailgate - they were everywhere.
NJ is now requiring that everyone must have a license in order to own one of these.
NJ is now requiring that everyone must have a license in order to own one of these.
I’m in Rahway today and I’ve seen quite a few down here. I stomped on around 5 in the liquor store parking lot on St. George’s Ave before heading over to my buds house, killed one poolside. I’m happy he doesn’t close his pool til November
Mind you by my place I haven’t seen any yet
Mind you by my place I haven’t seen any yet
Im on the west Amwell side of rt. 31 but I. East. Like 02 we had a bunch last year. Not so much this year. They must have jumped across the highway.
But unfortunately I did have about 200 stink bugs on the back side of my house last weekend.
No cicada. So I guess going 1 fer 3 isn't too bad.