Sharknado5
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A friend who grows grapes near Boalsburg, Centre County, saw SLF on his vines last week. So they're there.
Yes, I think it's early for the adults..Have only seen a few around here so far - knock on wood.
Maybe it'd still kinda early for full emergence though.
I can't remember when they peaked last year
Kill the ailanthus. If ailanthus were eradicated, I think the lantern fly populations would crash.I just checked the Ailanthus trees at my parents' place.. There were some adults there, but not many..
No way. From my amateur perspective, that's false.Kill the ailanthus. If ailanthus were eradicated, I think the lantern fly populations would crash.
I heard that a few lantern flies were spotted in Centre County, but I haven't seen them here yet.
I agree. Much ado about nothing from what I've seen. About four or five years ago, I was seeing them in the woods while bow hunting. Not a ton of them, but they were noticeable for sure. Now, I'm almost never seeing them when I go in to check my trail cams in those same woods.I don't think they are going to be very damaging, really. There are far more concerning invasives.
A chain saw is the only answer there, but they'll sucker out and regrow if the stump isn't ground out.Too bad none of the blights or invasive bugs kill Bradford pear trees.
Yep, cut and then dose the open wounds with herbicide.A chain saw is the only answer there, but they'll sucker out and regrow if the stump isn't ground out.
...My parents' farm is bisected by the main line railroad. The lanternflies have been spreading all along the tracks and across the country. They are clinging to the train cars. All along the rail line was the first place they've popped up in Mifflin County...