In addition to killing the bugs, it is also extremely important to look for their eggs and destroy them as well. They place their eggs on trees and cover them with a light grey covering that looks like dried out mud. If you see patches like that on tree trunks, scrape off the muddy patch and crush the eggs.
First time I seen them, July 2022. One lands on my forearm (at Sandy Hook NRA, NJ) & I smack it & feel bad thinking I squashed a type of butterfly. 2 days later on you tube I see a vid with a picture about them. In tidal zone where the waves wash up they were all over the place. A few more landed on me & my cooler over the week or 2. I guess they migrate because they were heading north. Next stop, Brooklyn, Battery Park, Queens, Central Park & then upstate NY. A lot of bad things make it's way over here from other countries. The US is too lenient with its policies.
I just found your channel and not even 5 minutes in and LOVE that we are going to talk about non toxic ways to get rid of them. I'm obsessed with finding them and squash them.
I’ve read chicken wire can be used to protect birds from the sticky tape. Unfortunately, it doesn’t protect useful pollinators like bees and butterflies
@@andreas.4764 That is true! There should be a bag trap that only attracts lattern flies, there is a bag trap for Japanese Beetles, and those apparently do not trap bees and other bugs.
I just found out what the nymphs look like and have been spraying them with dawn and water. It's killing them but I have a rather dumb question... when they lay the eggs on the tree, why do they crawl up from the bottom. I see this happening, but I don't know why they start out below if they're already on the tree. Sorry for my ignorance 😄 and thanks for all the info! 💙
Just be carful if you have trees of heaven in your landscape,because if lantern fly is feeding on them then they are poisonous to birds. I learn this unfortunately on my own chickens . One of them accidentally ate one and died few hours later , foam was coming from her peak. 😢
Lol my neighbor bought me a fly swatter after watching me jumping around on one foot trying to squish them with my shoe, now all I have to do is remember to Carry it around with me all the time 🤣🤣🤣
Wayne, NJ. Saw a bunch of black dotted nymphs on my hops vines. I duct taped a piece of 1/4" id plastic tubing on the end of a Dyson vacuum and could effectively pick them all off the plants. They seem to love the hops . They didn't seem to mind the tube until it was too late.
Thank you for watching Alex, I really appreciate it! Yeah they are spreading like wildfire, I just read an article that said they are in central park now too 😔
Hand squishing: If you cover them with your hand very slowly, they usually don't try to hop and it's easy to pick them up. I've done this and gotten as much as 5 or 7 at a time. If not squishing: Put a disposable water bottle over them and they will jump in. You can get a few and then stomp on it, dump them out and get more. I like to have one bottle for capturing, dump them into another bottle, and that is the gross one that gets stomped. The really thin plastic bottles are best.
@@blakespower There are a lot of them. I think that at some point, the government will need to initiate a program to create sterile gmo lantern flies and release them into the natural population as has already happened with mosquitos in some plaaces.
I found that a mixture of paint thinner, dish soap and water, sprayed with a hand held pump sprayer is very effective on both the red nymphs and the adults. It doesn't seem to harm the trees or foliage that these bugs are found on. You can make a gallon of this mixture for about $1 and it will kill up to 5,000 bugs.
First year in MD seeing the immature stage. Can the fungus be utilized when still in nymph stage before becoming mature. What concentration of BotaniGard® 22WP Beauveria bassiana Strain GHA are you preparing and how are you applying. Given the area is away from polenaters apply to the base of the tree, over the entire tree if possible or just spraying on the actual bugs. Can this be utilized when still in nymph stage before becoming mature. Thanks for sharing.
I saw a vid of a young lady who wrapped a loose net around the tree leaving a tunnel like opening which the bugs couldn’t get out of . Once in the net, they don’t feed anymore, they climb on the mesh material and starve and die
I use Dawn Dish detergent . Works great. I have killed 2 so far with one blast. I use it to kill ants in my house and they are good for killing Wasps. Dawn Platinum power wash comes in a spray bottle. But you could probably use one of those spray bottles from the dollar store or home depot.
You also need to edit this to include how essential it is to COVER THE STICKY TAPE WITH NETTING, OR BIRDS LIKE WOODPECKERS WILL GET STUCK TO THE TAPE, WHEN THEY CLIMB THE TREES 😮!!!
Question: if you can scrape them onto a bag with alcohol to kill them, wouldn’t it be even more effective to just spray them directly with rubbing alcohol? Has anyone tried that? Or a mix of alcohol, vinegar and dish soap? They’re all over my wisteria which is against a wall of my herb garden..so I’m nervous about using anything that would kill the pollinators….
Because they are walkers and not yet flyers, a very effective option is using essential oils and other oils. Spraying the base of the stalk or trunk of the tree or plant will prevent these bugs from climbing up the plant and destroying it. A great choice is neem oil and others oils as well. Look them up. You do not want to spray the leaves or blossoms especially during mid day or the sun will burn the plant. Only the base of the plant.
You left out something: they’re from China, came into PA. in 2012 on a stone shipment. In China the flies have a natural deterrent, a very tiny wasp that eats them. Just google it. Oh and some people are suggesting vinegar, don’t do it. Vinegar will also kill the greens around it, like leaves & grass.
Great information. I would also suggest calling out negligent pesticide applicators wherever you can and make your voice heard to penn state extension. Pesticide drift is already out of control and the lanterflies just gives these negligent applicators another excuse. Penn State Extension is actually very weak when it comes to pesticide drift awareness.
How can I trap them on a shrub, like my knockout roses. They’re all over them! Central NJ Monmouth County. They also up in my magnolia macrophylla, very high up in the leaves. It’s the middle of June 2022, they are second instar, black with white dots. I see them but I can’t get to them so high up!
Thank you for this video. I'm in Westchester NY, and we now have an on-slot of S.L.F this year. I'm coming up with ways to trap them on the trees they climb. We have a lot of invasive Norway maples in my area. They love those trees! I'm trying to design a self-cleaning trap to put around the tree. It will not harm any other insects, birds, or bears. It's a little difficult getting permission to put the traps on park land trees. Their waiting for the universities to advise them what to do. 🤢 Thank you, GardenerPete.
good video i see them now more this week than last week was 1 or 2 now they more . central jersey. i did collect a few . . they jump hard and fast.. they seem like grape vine 7 of them on it. but nothing on fig tree . i studies entomology now i have to think for bio control . i do have some sticky board i will hang them next to vine . i will give an update soon. its really scary, thats why i never kill a spider.they are bio control from Sept to Dec.lets hope i get some big spiders to for this strong fly.
Update I mostly got rid of them in backyard . I sprayed them ,collect them in bottle , let them die . I order need oil arrive Friday , we need a national awareness.we need for every one to be educated about them , spot them ,fight them ,using recommended control . Even in parks . I would carry spray bottle in car . It is like wearing a mask against spread of COVID . See them kill them. GOD BLESS
"Tree of Haven" Um... that's Heaven dear. *continues listening* "And when it opens its leaves" LEAVES??? Did you enjoy some home grown herbal things before recording this video?
Is there a scent lanternflies are attracted to? I keep thinking traps could be readily developed with a scent lure, and the lanternflies drown in water. We use these for flies in the summer.
I have a cherry tree by my pool. It's May and the nymphs are getting in my pool. Will the water kill them?? When I net then to remove from the pool, the little boogers jump off the net before I can kill them. And they ARE JUMPERS !! What should I do??
I saw one and paused to decide what to do. I decided to act like I was gonna to take a step in the direction that I was already going… and then, when my foot was halfway thru the motion at the high point, I just did a ninja stomp WhAm! I got it. U just gotta be very quick and decisive. And you can’t let them expect it. I also heard they only really have enough energy for 1-2 jumps.
Some one suggested use dawn soap and water spray, it works, take care of plants too. From 8th to 10 grade we had to choose vocational course, ours was agriculture, horticulture, fish farming, etc. For stem borer bugs there is a natural medicine, ie mix of boiled soap and tobacco leaves( pure natural since it's cheaper) and you spray around roots and water it around that bud infested time so the plant absorbs it and whatever they suck out of plant might kill the big as well. Dawn soap and water spray works
State government should come out and spray. Give people jobs . Come out like street cleansers. Once a week or twice a month. Where our tax dollars go instead overseas
It's a good idea to fight invasive species to mitigate some of the damage but don't kid yourselves. It's a fight you can never win because ultimately the population size will always adapt to food supply and animals that have a fast reproductive cycle and produce a lot of offspring will always explode in numbers until they reach that limiting factor.
Tree of heaven, not haven 🙂 But good video. Yellow jackets are attracted to the lantern flies’ secretions (poop) and will get stuck on sticky tape along with the lantern flies.
Hi J.D., I did some research on neem oil and spotted lanternflies and it looks like it should work to kill them. I haven't tried it myself yet as my traps and hand squishing seem to be doing a good job so far. I don't have any grape vines though and It seems like grapes are one of their favorite foods so they will be extra attracted to them. Thanks for watching!!
These videos such as this have to be broadcasted on MSM. So that a greater number of people can be made aware of this information because RU-vid is rather limited. Also, she mentioned fire wood, if I would find these eggs on my firewood into the fire place it will go. I am sure fire would destroy those eggs. I am asking anyone watching this video If they know that the New Jersey Department of Agriculture had placed 13 counties under a QUARANTINE because of them. I have been fighting for 3 weeks now for the New Jersey Department of Agriculture to better inform us people who live in the counties that are quarantined to be informed about this situation. They have a webpage that needs to be made into a pamphlet and bulk mailed to everyone. Come on guys join me in this fight. QUARANTINE IS A BIG WORD.
Thank you for the info. I found and killed two of these nasty yet oddly beautiful bugs in Westchester county, NY in the past week. That tells me they are here and there are probably tons I them.......doing my part to kill them and help protect the trees and plants. Thanks for the great info.
I have a question for you please a week ago I was in my garden pruning my roses and I noticed all these nymphs never seen them before little black bugs with white spots did the research turned out to be lantern flies probably 100 or so of them I didn’t have anything to treat it with so I came home did some research came back out the next day there was literally 2 to 300 lantern fly nymphs strewn all over my driveway and all over the side of my house all dead so what the hell kill these things??
Grapes, apples and peaches have been hit very hard from the lanternflies. In my garden this year they loved eating all my cucumber plants. As they sucked out the sap the plants died back from the growing tips 🥺
