#spottedlanternflies — Public Fediverse posts

Neighbor’s Tree Leaves Woman’s Yard Overrun With Hundreds of Spotted Lanternflies https://www.allforgardening.com/1942481/neighbors-tree-leaves-womans-yard-overrun-with-hundreds-of-spotted-lanternflies/ #13ActionNews #backyard #BackyardGarden #BackyardGardening #HeatherKeyes #MetroparksToledo #PennStateExtension #SpottedLanternflies #TreeOfHeaven

Turns out those icky spotted lanternflies make a tasty meal - if you're a spider
https://www.universalhub.com/2026/turns-out-those-icky-spotted-lanternflies-make-tasty-meal-if-youre

Photo by Mary Ellen.
#NewtonMA #CharlesRiver #SpottedLanternflies #spiders

So, one of the topics I'll be covering for this week's #SolarPunkSunday is #InvasiveInsects. #MDACF has been posting some really good information about a variety of pests, and offers natural solutions for some of them. Topics include #JumpingWorms, #EmeraldAshBorer, #HemlockWoollyAdelgid, #BoxTreeMoth and #SpottedLanternflies.

#InvasiveSpeciesAwareness #InvasiveSpeciesWeek #InvasiveSpecies #AshTrees #BoxElders #SaveTheForests #ProtectTheTrees #SolarPunkSunday #Biocontrol #HemlockTrees #MaineDepartmentOfAgricultureConservationAndForestry

I don't think I could live in #CapeMay because I'd be very depressed at all the #invasive species. Clamatis vines smother entire fields of, ivy covers even the tallest trees, and now hordes of #SpottedLanternFlies are spreading through the area.

@AlexGBardsley A few years ago in the 1st invasion, my condo complex fought the Battle of the Spotted Lanternflies. It was a ruinous battle. For them. They provoked our ire. You'd sit outside and they'd fearlessly land on your knee. NO MAS.

The extermination program was quite successful. The next morning we had so many corpses on the portico that you couldn't walk without crunching along.

Gross, but victory comes with a price. #spottedlanternflies

These creatures are back in Northeast Ohio… again

CLEVELAND — Prepare to squish and smash as spotted lanternflies have started to pop up in Northeast Ohio…again.…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #Cleveland #experts #insect #News5Cleveland #NortheastOhioNews #Science #spottedlanternflies
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/21978/

Go ahead and stomp spotted lanternflies if you like, #NewYork​ers, but experts say they're here to stay:

https://gothamist.com/news/stomp-spotted-lanternflies-if-you-really-want-nyc-but-its-pretty-futile

#NewYorkCity #SpottedLanternflies #invasive #InvasiveSpecies #ecology #NYC

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A recent social media post of a captured spotted lanternfly highlights the ongoing problem of the invasive pest in central Ohio.

The post, made in a Grandview Heights neighborhood group, alerted people to remain vigilant against the agricultural killer.

"Grandview residents be on the lookout for these Spotted Lanternflies," the poster wrote in the caption. "Found one in the backyard today."

According to the Ohio Department of Agriculture's website, the spotted lanternfly, or SLF, is currently in its adult stage and will remain active until winter. The adult SLF is described as "approximately one inch [in length], with black bodies and colorful red and grey wings with black markings."

• [🖼 Lycorma delicatula in the wild state]Lycorma delicatula in the wild state (Adobe Stock)
• [🖼 Spotted Lanternfly Egg Mass - Lycorma delicatula]Spotted Lanternfly Egg Mass - Lycorma delicatula (Adobe Stock)
• [🖼 Spotted Lanternfly - Lycorma delicatula]Spotted Lanternfly - Lycorma delicatula (Adobe Stock)
• [🖼 Spotted Lanternfly, closeup of nymphs. Red, black, and white bugs on green tree of heaven. This invasive insect (Lycorma delicatula) threatens crops and city street trees.]Spotted Lanternfly, closeup of nymphs. Red, black, and white bugs on green tree of heaven. This invasive insect (Lycorma delicatula) threatens crops and city street trees. (Adobe Stock)
• [🖼 A Group of Spotted Lanternfly Nymphs Resting on a Green Plant]A Group of Red and Black Spotted Lanternfly Nymphs Resting on a Bright Green Plant (Adobe Stock)

However, beginning in October the SLF will lay eggs which can be identified as "small, grey masses protected by a waxy covering." The egg masses can be found in "sheltered areas of trees, buildings, firewood, outdoor furniture, lawn equipment, and even rocks."

The Ohio Department of Agriculture is working on slowing the spread by quarantine and monitoring. Twelve Ohio counties are under quarantine for the SLF including Belmont, Columbiana, Cuyahoga, Erie, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lorain, Lucas, Mahoning, Muskingum and Ottawa. Quarantine calls for inspecting outdoor items like furniture, grills, or mowers carefully for signs of the SLF before moving them to another area.

ODA asks people who see the SLF outside a quarantined county or evidence of its damage to report it by filling out the Ohio Plant Pest Reporter. A clear photo is required for submissions.

ODA shared this information on its website to help eliminate the SLF in Ohio:

Egg Masses
• Egg masses may be destroyed before nymphs emerge, reducing in nymphs the following season.
• Scraping egg masses with a knife or edge of a credit card into soapy water (dish soap works) or rubbing alcohol will kill the eggs.
• Egg masses may be treated with horticultural oils during winter months or before bud break in the spring.

Nymphs and Adult SLF
• When populations are low, acceptable control may be achieved by swatting or stomping nymphs and adults when you see them.
• Removing favored SLF hosts, some of which are invasive (tree of heaven and grapevine, for instance) can reduce SLF populations on your property.
• The use of lower toxicity insecticides such as horticultural oils and insecticidal soaps can provide control of nymphs and adults, with little residual activity. These products would likely need to be reapplied throughout the season.
• Contact insecticides such as bifenthrin, carbaryl and malathion may be used as spot treatments against SLF nymphs and adults. Repeat treatments may be necessary.
• Systemic insecticide treatments with dinotefuran or imidacloprid can be used as trunk sprays, trunk injections, or soil drenches depending on the label, and might provide more prolonged protection.

Special Management Notes
• Some products above might need to be applied by certified commercial pesticide applicators or require specialized application equipment.
• Protect Pollinators! Do not apply systemic insecticides when trees or shrubs are in flower, or if nearby flowering plants may take up pesticide (as in soil drenches).
• Use products labeled for control of spotted lanternflies in a manner consistent with the label. The Label is the Law!

Here in Pittsburgh, spotted lanternflies have reached instar 4. Obs from battling them:

Spraying w/ dish soap in hot water kills them w/i a minute. Sudsier spray works better.

They 💖 grape vines, roses, tree of heaven, & forsythia. They're often found in the same spot & not all over the plant.

They cluster on lower stems/stalks, or hang under leaves.

They scurry to the back of anything once you've alerted them but will soon mosey back if you're still. Zap 'em again!

#SpottedLanternflies

Saw some early nymph stage #SpottedLanternFlies while doing yard work yesterday and today. Not many, about only 2-3, but enough to encourage me to keep working on my forsythia bushes. Oddly enough, it’s where I saw the most of these bugs two or three years ago, whenever that year that we were overrun by them in the Philly area.

A thankfully nice outcome from a terrible racist action. Very glad that phone call didn't lead to something bad and this girl now gets celebrated for the time she spent doing the right thing for nature & the environment. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/02/nyregion/bobbi-wilson-lanternfly-yale.html

#lanternfly #bobbiwilson #nature #SpottedLanternflies #racialprofiling #newjersey #BlackGirlMagic

When is random flailing not random flailing? When you're doing some sneaky "inertial morphing" with your legs to flip over.

Our new paper just posted to #bioRxiv uses 3D digital modeling and experiments on #SpottedLanternflies to understand how they self-right when they land on their backs. (Hint: It has a lot to do with body shape!) #newpaper

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.02.06.527347v1

Are you dreading the invasion of the #SpottedLanternflies or already deep in battle with them? Knowing which instar you're dealing with can help with figuring out how to eradicate them!

Check out our #newpaper just out in #plosOne reporting on size clustering to distinguish among those first three otherwise identical black and white instars.

Getting ready for their spring emergence...!

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0265707

Hi! I am an associate professor at #templeuniversity in #philadelphia studying how #lizards and other beasties (including #spiders and #SpottedLanternflies) move, fall, trip, and otherwise get around. I currently spend a lot of time getting my mind blown by #GranularPhysics because why, really, is running on #sand so hard? Interests: #biomechanics, #biomimetics, #bioinspiration, #robotics, #CuteAnimals, among other things! #introduction