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MORE ABOUT THE SPOTTED LANTERNFLY
by Judith Gratz, Environmental Education Specialist
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Plantings to Attract and Maintain Butterflies
Lanternfly Control Methods
Beneficial Insects
Spotted Lanternfly Update
Common Holiday and Household Dangers to Pets
Spotted Lanternfly
Say "No!" to Mulch Volcanoes & Ways to Deal with Bugs on Plants and Lawns
(includes Integrated Pest Management)
Bird Friendly Plantings
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Wanted: Alive!
Cranefly
WANTED: ALIVE!
no more than 3 days. Because they don’t eat or sting or bite they are harmless to us. Many of them don’t even have mouthparts. They are good food for insectivorous animals. Don’t mistake them for mosquitoes. They are NOT mosquitoes, though they are often mistaken as huge versions of those little pests.
MORE ABOUT THE SPOTTED LANTERN FLY: WHAT, WHY, HOW & WHEN
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Watch this YouTube video about the “Tree of Heaven” – Ailanthus altissima – the tree that the Spotted Lanternfly likes best. The video shows what it looks like, explains why you should not cut it down, and explains the “Hack and Squirt method”, which works best on this problem tree. The video also tells the best time of year to do it.
View how to make a simple trap in this YouTube video. You may have heard about this middle school student’s invention on the news. I made this trap last year and it worked really well.
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I am seeing a great number of Ladybug larvae right now. So here are some photos of them so that when you see any you leave them alone to do what they do best: eat aphids from our plants in great numbers. (Hopefully they’ll learn the Spotted Lanternfly juveniles are edible too. Time will tell). Meanwhile, get to know this lovely little insect that is often described as a miniature “alligator”. They are about 1/2” long, and they are beneficial insects with a huge appetites, but they won't hurt you. Different kinds of adult Ladybugs have different looking larvae. Here are just a few.
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Like most insects, these neither harm nor help us. The picture to the right is a Cranefly. Craneflies live most of their lives as larvae in water. When they become adults they fly around looking for a mate, and die once they mate and lay their eggs – usually
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