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This is the season to scrape spotted lantern fly egg masses
(link) https://www.abc27.com/news/environment/tis-the-season-to-scrape-spotted-lantern-fly-egg-masses/
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture wants you to know that now is the time to get out and scrape those lantern fly egg masses.
Jay Losiewicz, Deputy Communications Director at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, said the insect will lay their egg masses in the fall, and from there they do die off. However, the lantern fly continues, and egg masses wait until spring to hatch which is why now is the time to prevent it.
“They do damage to a lot of our agricultural products. They do like grape vines, potentially some hops things like that,” said Losiewicz.
Jay Losiewicz, Deputy Communications Director at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, said the insect will lay their egg masses in the fall, and from there they do die off. However, the lantern fly continues, and egg masses wait until spring to hatch which is why now is the time to prevent it.
“They do damage to a lot of our agricultural products. They do like grape vines, potentially some hops things like that,” said Losiewicz.
- more at link -
Video at OP link shows how to find the eggs on bushes and tree bark, scrape those egg masses off with a plastic card and toss them into a plastic baggie. The more eggs we kill right now in the early spring means less damage to farm and garden crops later.
Later in the spring after the spotted lantern flies start hatching, the best thing to do is stomp it and squish it.
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This thing has no natural enemies and it kills a lot of crops, such as grapevines and fruit orchards. The eggs get laid in the fall but the best time to find them and kill the eggs is late winter-early spring before the plants start budding.
But yes I guess they do lose their wings later in the summer.
Here's another article that talks about the damage these things are doing in PA and elsewhere:
https://spottedlanternflykillers.com/pages/spotted-lanternfly-damage
