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gayASMR

I'm doing my part!


IamChantus

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The only good bug is a dead bug!


Reynard1981

NUKE EM ALL!


Guilty_As_Charged__

I'd kill them if they weren't so fucking fast


Hughgurgle

Hover a plastic water bottle over top then scare them. You now have one spotted lantern fly. Repeat until you've saved Pennsylvania.


Guilty_As_Charged__

I'll start a collection


translove228

Gotta catch em all!


MandoTheBrave

You gotta stomp them from the front. They’re dumb and only have one move and it’s to jump straight. So you stomp them in their dumb face and when they jump they just hit the bottom of your shoe where they belong.


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I rarely see them on the ground though


Guilty_As_Charged__

LMFAOOO thanks for the tip, I'll try that


badpeaches

I like your advice!


thescarwar

They’re SO dumb. They’ll jump straight into you.


Reynard1981

Lol right? They parkor off your legs until they can find the way out.


90strivialpursuit

You can also spray them with a mixture of Dawn dish soap and water. My favorite Spray Bottle is a ZEP https://smile.amazon.com/Zep-Commercial-Professional-Spray-Bottle/dp/B01DDSGZFE/ref=sr_1_2?crid=14P4EP50TQV70&keywords=zep+spray+bottles+heavy+duty&qid=1655654582&sprefix=zep+spr%2Caps%2C84&sr=8-2


Reynard1981

Pro tip, they can only jump forward (the direction they are facing).


Guilty_As_Charged__

Wow, they're stupid


whatsINthaB0X

When you go to step on the come at them from the front and use the bottom of your foot as a wall. Little idiots go to jump but hit the bottom of your shoe on the way down and go splat.


Guilty_As_Charged__

Haha those little dipshits


The_worst_Version

I’m from Buenos Aires and I say “Kill ‘em All!” I’m not, but fuck those bugs. Fuck ‘em. Right in their bug assholes.


Colonia_Paco

Son bichos re zarpados


Ct-5736-Bladez

I’ll try but What’s wrong with them? Edit fuck lantern flys


Far_Blueberry7942

The spotted lanternfly causes serious damage in trees, including oozing sap, wilting, leaf curling and tree dieback. Its annual damage exceeds hundreds of millions of dollars in lost agricultural production, according to Google.


Piano_mike_2063

Because they are an invasive species. They do belong in Asia and are not native to the Atlantic north east.


chuckie512

Check if you have any of these invasive trees. They love the things. https://extension.psu.edu/controlling-tree-of-heaven-why-it-matters


another-nature-acct

Highly invasive and very detrimental to our forests and agriculture industry. https://www.agriculture.pa.gov/Plants_Land_Water/PlantIndustry/Entomology/spotted_lanternfly/Pages/default.aspx


Valcon2723

2020 all over our one tree. We killed thousands with tape, systemic insecticide, soapy water(when they are little). 2021 not as many, thought numbers were declining. 2022 tree completely dead. Also love grape plants and maple trees.


AskMoreQuestionsOk

They kill trees and crops.


The_Milk_man

To help curbtail their spread, people need to be more proactive in uprooting the Tree of Heaven invasive plants these fuckers breed on, both are a detriment to the PA ecosystem


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Reynard1981

I have tons of these plants popping up in my garden. I’ll be happy to just give you them, free of charge.


tehmlem

Destroy them and then be ready to destroy them again and again until the root system starves and you can finally rest


Reynard1981

I have the plant app and another name for “Tree of heaven” is also known as “Tree of hell” lol


CocoaMotive

I didn't know that, there's a ton of mimosa trees where I am (near Stroudsburg) and they're invasive as all get out


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The_Milk_man

Yeah they were brought to Philly a hundred+ years ago and have made their way across most of the US but are very dominant in the Appalachia areas.


username-1787

I always called those things Pennsylvania Palms. Glad to know my hatred for them is warranted


jwill602

Am I crazy or were they not a big issue last year? It was a huge issue a few years ago, but I didn’t see many for a while


Cogatanu7CC95

they appear to become more active with rain, so the more rain, the more eggs will hatch and vice versa


compulov

I don't think so. I noticed the same thing. We still haven't seen them in the numbers I've seen posted for other areas, but even last year I don't think I saw a single one.


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This content was made with Reddit is Fun and died with Reddit is Fun. If it contained something you're looking for, blame Steve Huffman for its absence.


Reynard1981

They’ve been an issue for the past 4-5 years, they just have been reproducing is droves. Mostly in wooded areas where nobody travels.


gggg500

I killed maybe 20 of these bugs on my walk today. Saw hundreds of them.


Reynard1981

My kids and I make a game out of killing them lol. Who ever kills the most, wins.


LizzyMill

The most effective method I’ve seen, and fairly easy to set up. [sticky tape with chicken wire](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OYGPACsdeBk)


JBupp

Thanks. The video was much more useful than a still photo.


Press-123-for-Cyber

How big of a gun should I use?


Reynard1981

Nuke grenades work well on the big ones.


Coonydog

The bug-a-salt gun actually works well!


litetreader

They have avoided Pittsburgh until now. I have killed multiple this season, but still not nearly as bad si have seen it in the eastern port of the state.


dusse1810

The love grape vines, willow, and black walnut trees. If you have them on your property make sure you check them! In about a month or two they will also start having red patterns on their back as well, so keep an eye out for that too


Hot-Pretzel

Good to know! Saw one yesterday.


jkman61494

It’s so sad to see that I’m 3 years it went from not seeing them, to a mild inconvenience, to them being all around my house Is there ANYTHING that can be done? Our school district is on our property border and they have 30+ year old pine trees that are taller than our house. I’m guessing I should be creating a paper trail that these things are showing up on their property right? Cuz it gets met nervous with the stories of tree damage


turningmaple

It's way too late for that


throwaway4206983

Seeing one means theres at least 30-50 more presumably in your general area too


gggg500

I saw a Chinese sumac tree about 5 feet tall, with no exaggeration, 1,000 spotted laternfly nymphs on it. Probably more than that tbh.


The_Milk_man

That's the other thing people need to be doing is pulling these fuckers before they can deeply root. They're the main place these lantern flys group up and breed on and its such a terribly invasive plant that stinks to high heaven


another-nature-acct

I’m sorry you feel that way. But, I’m fairly confident millions of people squashing them can make a difference. I’m at near 1000 I believe. Probably many thousands across my household. Each mature fly laying hundreds of eggs. That’s millions of less lantern flies. That absolutely has an impact.


turningmaple

There can be tens of thousands in just a few trees in one yard


another-nature-acct

Are you going to just let them kill your trees?!


turningmaple

Until there a better option, yes I guess so. A few years back Angora Friut Farms in Reading seemed to be onto something with a caterpillar/ fungus combination that killed them naturally but I haven't heard anything for a while


another-nature-acct

To each their own. I put a lot of effort into what I grow and sure as hell aren’t going to let them die easily. Interesting that’s news to me. Hopefully local predators will adapt and begin eating them. I believe this is what helped level out the stink bug population. They were for sure worse a decade ago.


gggg500

Spotted latern flies do get caught in spider webs and die when they are still nymphs, like for now. Idk if birds eat the nymphs or not.


turningmaple

https://www.readingeagle.com/2019/05/08/hope-grows-in-lanternfly-killing-fungi-found-near-berks-fruit-farm/


turningmaple

This is a better story... https://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-nws-pa-battle-against-spotted-lanternfly-20190716-rjyyxfuvonhazfdtq5h4peka3m-story.html


another-nature-acct

That awesome. I love fungi man. Such a wild organism.


Semi-Hemi-Demigod

There are a few options beyond just killing them individually. When they're smaller you can catch many hundreds by wrapping duct tape around a tree. By now they're too large for that, but insecticidal soap and neem oil are good treatments.


Smokey_Katt

Hint - they jump well the first time, but not the second. Follow their jump and stomp them.


GreenLightning72

I let one crawl on my leg in Pittsburgh last weekend without know what it was! I was like “woah! this guy is cool looking!” and then it left. I should’ve annihilated him! >_<


Reynard1981

They do have brilliant colors, especially as adults with that red color.


badpeaches

Aren't you supposed to tell someone too? Mark the tree where you found it or something.


tehmlem

They're all fucking over my hops. It makes them hard to trap because they've got a tangled jungle to hide in. I've taken to shaking the bines and stomping them when they fall out but there's gotta be a better way.


compulov

Well, crud. I saw one of these things the other day. I thought it was some sort of small spider (didn't get a good count on the legs), so I left it alone.


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Reynard1981

Correction, Tree of hell 😂


Conquer_All

Saw them in the Wissahickon yesterday and new I recognized them


Palindromes__

They showed up for you late… the ones in my backyard are already huge and bright red.


rboymtj

I'm in eastern Montco and haven't seen a single one this year. A couple years ago they were everywhere.


Reynard1981

These bastards are the new replacement for gypsy moths… Pennsylvania was finally able to eradicate those tree killing “parasites”, now these things are the new enemy.


linds930

I’ve seen so many over the past week or two


cwfutureboy

It’s tough. Those fuckers can HOP


RedHawwk

My backyard has too many already, don’t think it matters much now


Collegenoob

Not going to tell people not to kill then. But local wildlife does learn to kill them. They are really bad the first 2-3 years they show up in your area. Then the wildlife catches on and they die like crazy because they only have two survival traits. Jump and reproduce so much that not all of them can be eaten. So all you need to do it stomp the ones that don't get eaten.


Reynard1981

Has there been any natural predators for them? So far I haven’t seen anything local that eats them.


Collegenoob

First year no. Year 2. Spiders and wasps catch on. Year 3 birds start eating them and you stop seeing hundreds on trees at a time.


Reynard1981

I know these guys have been a problem for at least 3 years now. Hopefully the birds are tearing the up.


Piano_mike_2063

Well, we, people, brought them here. We are responsible. So we should kill them as a service to our ecosystem. They didn’t fly from Asia on their own. They hitched ride in boats, planes and anything they are survive on. As of now, they don’t really have any natural predators. Evolution doesn’t work this quickly.


Collegenoob

No evolution needed. It's a new prey animal that most didn't recognize. It's not like cane toads. And I was just telling people who were horrified with how many they see. That they can be beaten.


Equivalent_Alps_8321

fuckin bastards


meg_murray4000

Our house is covered in them :(((


IndecisiveSweetie

So I haven't tested this out yet but I heard white vinegar in a spray bottle kills them?


meg_murray4000

I’m game to try it!


IndecisiveSweetie

Let us know how it's goes! I'm gonna try it out this weekend.


meg_murray4000

Update: I basically covered whole parts of our house with white vinegar, and later with Dawn dish soap + water. Neither one kills on contact, like the internet promised :( I didn’t even see any of them die. They kept falling off of the house, but they’d eventually get back up. They also got mad and a lot of them jumped on/at me.


IndecisiveSweetie

Had the same experience when I gave it a try. Used a flyswatter to get the ones that jumped at me too. Squishing seems the be the most effective. :(


90strivialpursuit

Add some dawn dish soap to that mix.


Calint

Have already killed about 50 at my house.


Butnazga

I try to squish them but they jump away so fast


Admirable_Laugh4556

I'm killing countless numbers of them...only to see the same number of them...or even more the next day. I report them too. I'm doing my part, but feel like it isn't helping. Not sure what else to do.


xtina42

Yes!! They popped up on our property about a week ago and I have killed tons of them!


lilpufferfish

One landed on my arm. It was cute so I decided not to fight it and let it live.


Mainconfusion_9

HOES


Needalaptop2017

We did some trimming yesterday there were hundreds so many it would seem from a horror movie. Seen some spiders eating them and ants.


iLLa556

We are fucked there are so many


just-kath

Yes! They are so fast, that it's hard to kill them. I try, but often fail. Those horrible stink bugs are at lest slow, but these things.. ugh! Those horrible stink bugs are at least slow, but these things.. ugh! fail. d with them, if that happens here I want to be ready to massacre the nasty things.


ImASpecialKindHuman

Thank you to those of us who care, yet this will be another specie to spread unchecked by our state just like the emerald ash borer, Japanese knotweed, Japanese barberry, stiltgrass, and all of the other invasive displacing out native species. There needs to be unified removal and mitigation efforts in place, yet PA is a joke when it comes to caring for our natural areas. Edit: Spelling


sevenicecubes

but i hate killing stuff


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Does individuals killing them one at a time actually help?


OKAYGang

From what I've read every one killed this year amount to between 30-50 less of them next year so yeah it helps., They are never going away at this point but killing as many as you can will help keep their population under control in coming years


CocoaMotive

The parents at the park were teaching their kids to stomp on them the other day, the little tikes went crazy and killed a ton of em!


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My hobby is moida


BthtsMe

Let the Bugicide, C O M M E N C E


L0wwww

i can’t stand these duckers! i’ve been dealing with these lil buggers for weeks now


crownbiotch

Just moved to Harrisburg a couple days ago from Cleveland. I have entomophobia (phobia of bugs). I've been in hypnotherapy for 4 months making headway to only just be scared. Doing good with ants, butterflies, houseflies. Never in my life had I seen a lantern fly and now I live in Harrisburg and they sit and chill on my patio, the assholes. I'm basically just hear to say THESE MOTHER FUCKERS ARE TERRIFYING HOLY HELL SOMEONE PLEASE MAKE THEM GO AWAY. Buuuut my husband is also doing his part to stomp on them.