OT: Spotted Lantern Flies
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Just like the 70's I had 15 to 20 girlfriends that were pretty at first but then became really annoying. Luckily I haven't spotted any of them recently.
Try drying them out and smoking them. You'll see lots of stuff
They were everywhere in Jersey City until about a week ago, it was like you were walking on dorittos with a constant crunching. Had one fly in our window on the 29th floor.
Birds have to learn to eat them. Ground critters too. They have plenty of food and no current predators on this continent.. that has to change.
Hoboken/JC has been a disaster since they hatched this year. I wouldn’t be surprised if 10,000 or so were killed outside of my building in the last few months.
They came back out yesterday! One landed on me neck I had the heeby-jeebies for hours afterwards!
Big day for them on the boardwalk between Belmar and Asbury. Lots of casualties but they just keep coming.
need to increase the praying mantis population.
Lantern Flies are on their menu and spiders are supposed to dine on the ones that get tangled in the web they weave..
It's been said Chickens will eat that bug, but can't say it's chicken feed.
Had one land on me sitting on the beach in Manasquan.
Reports are that spotted lantern flies can give your pets an upset stomach but nothing lethal. July through December is Spotted Lantern Fly season.
Been dealing with them since 2019-20 when we had them bad west of Philly. We haven't had as many of them in the past couple years but they are still around.
This is the time of year where they sit on trees, mate and lay their eggs. They are easier to kill now than during the summer, you can do it with your bare hands. If you don't do it now, you will need to scrape the gray smears off the bottoms of tree branches in the winter/spring before mid-May when the eggs hatch.
Killing Lantern Fly Eggs
This is the time of year where they sit on trees, mate and lay their eggs. They are easier to kill now than during the summer, you can do it with your bare hands. If you don't do it now, you will need to scrape the gray smears off the bottoms of tree branches in the winter/spring before mid-May when the eggs hatch.
Killing Lantern Fly Eggs
They don’t seem to be as bad near me either. I live in Burlington Twsp.
Last year was way worse.
Last year was way worse.
Have a few here and there but no real infestation. We're pretty vigilante on scrapping off the egg sacs from the fruit trees in the orchard. I think the dormant oil might have an effect on the sacs as well. Also Dragon flies might kill them, there's been reports of this and we're a haven for Dragon flies with all the pig wallows.