If You Find a Spotted Lanternfly in Your Yard

[mike4lorie]

Please read the following article I am attaching to this thread. It's about a bug that came to the USA back in 2012 and it will damage any plant we have grown from trees to our vegetables, so please follow the instructions on how to knock these new bugs out of the universe... Thank you...

If You Find a Spotted Lanternfly in Your Yard

 

[Pepper]

My son squashed two at Central Park NYC.

 

[JustBonee]

Also something else to watch out for, this tree .... Manchineel. It's the world's most deadly tree. ​

The Manchineel: One of the World’s Most Poisonous Trees
https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/botany/manchineel-tree.htm

 

[Kika]

They have conventions on my balcony. I actually bought a fly swatter to squish them. Spraying vinegar also kills them instantly. I tested it and it is true.

 

[Flarbalard]

 

[Chet]

I spotted one in the backyard. I went to spray it with bug killer but it either jumped or flew and couldn't be found. It showed up later though on the ground so I tried to squash it but it must have saw it coming and leapt away. I have to check the tree for egg masses.

 

[helenbacque]

Maybe I am blind but could not find the size anywhere in the article. Are we looking for something the size of an ant, a house fly, or my hand?

 

[Alligatorob]

Spotted Lanternfly

Been looking for them, but nothing so far. From what I read that's a good thing.

Are we looking for something the size of an ant, a house fly, or my hand?

Adult L. delicatula measure about 25 millimetres (1 in) long and 12 millimetres (1⁄2 in) wide.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_lanternfly

Wikipedia says a little bigger than a house fly, but probably smaller than your hand.

 

[Kika]

I have seen them in all sizes. It seems to me that the younger ones have more of the red wings showing. I saw the largest one about a week ago, I'd say it was about 1.5 to 2 inches from head to the end of the wings. Pretty big.

Most are smaller and I would say they are about the size of a resting moth.

 

[helenbacque]

I have seen them in all sizes. It seems to me that the younger ones have more of the red wings showing. I saw the largest one about a week ago, I'd say it was about 1.5 to 2 inches from head to the end of the wings. Pretty big.

Most are smaller and I would say they are about the size of a resting moth.

Thanks

 

[palides2021]

Maybe I am blind but could not find the size anywhere in the article. Are we looking for something the size of an ant, a house fly, or my hand?

They're about 1 1/2 - 2 inches long. They remind me of cicadas. I've seen a few in my front yard and got rid of them. Some have already died from the pest control we use around the property. Haven't seen anything near my fruit trees in the back yard yet (keeping my fingers crossed).

 

[helenbacque]

They're about 1 1/2 - 2 inches long. They remind me of cicadas. I've seen a few in my front yard and got rid of them. Some have already died from the pest control we use around the property. Haven't seen anything near my fruit trees in the back yard yet (keeping my fingers crossed).

Thanks