Keystone State Thread

Sounds good. Let me know.

 

I’m home if ya wanna swing by on the way home tomorrow.

Still waiting for 9 grills to come back from color match. Yours is one of them. Hopefully tomorrow.
If so, not this weekend but next I can get you finalized.

 

I’ll text you when I leave the office.

 

Can you post a pic of the fly and the eggs? Wanna make sure we don't have any at Angel's house. Might help others here too.

Pics!

I'll be in the Camden area tomorow with Angel if you wanna grab lunch. Not really sure what he schedule is like, since she has an interview earlier in the day

 

Would like to, but we usually do a quick standing lunch, unless we’re in a shitty neighborhood. Then we just don’t eat.

 

I had one try to fly into my mouth yesterday, it landed on my beard. I guess it was trying to get revenge for all of its relatives I’ve killed

 

Joe posted the pics. Here’s the web page for them.
https://www.agriculture.pa.gov/Plan...omology/spotted_lanternfly/Pages/default.aspx

 

They have no known predators and the reason is that red under their wings supposedly.

 

No more justification needed to kill them.

 

No predators in the USA. That's the common problem with an invasive species, they're kept in check via predation and disease in their native habitat but the predators aren't imported along with the prey. So they just explode. See: Emerald Ash borer, zebra mussel, japanese beetles.

 

Supposedly, there might be a naturally occurring fungus that is killing the SLF.

 

https://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/wasp-eyed-as-potential-enemy-of-spotted-lanternfly

I just found this too.

 

More info being found as research continues. Biological control can work, as long as the control is naturally occurring here. Bio controls can take some time to work, and ultimately even out over time. Best might be throwing everything at them at one time.

 

I've watched spiders eat them. But there's too many of them for the spiders.

 

Carb cleaner works great on all species of unwanted bugs.

 

With or without a lighter in front of it.

 

Without for the kill with for the show.