We saw two spotted lanternflies this fall at Crazy for Gardening. Let me tell you, I am not happy at all! Once you see a couple, you know its going to be rough gardening season next year. While the adult lanternflies will die over the winter, they will lay their eggs between September and December which will start hatching the following May. When they lay their eggs, they don’t lay one at a time. There’s a bunch of them!
In the picture above, I am sharing the Spotted Lanternfly Life Cycle that I found on the PennState Extension (extension.psu.edu) website.
The below map was updated as of October 26, 2022 which I found on the Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences website. As far as the United States, spotted lanternflies have been found as far west as Indiana and as far south as North Carolina. The infestation is most concerning for the areas in red (Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey).
Spotted Lanternflies are terribly invasive “bad bugs” from Asia that need to be killed.
This week we will be talking about how to report your sightings, what plants they like and ways to kill the eggs, nymphs (instars) and adult lanternflies. Also, I will be sharing some ideas on how to save your crops from being damaged next year. It’s always a good idea to be informed and prepared!
It has been a long time since we chatted about any pests or bad bugs. The last one was the Land Snail.
