Spotted lantern fly infestation

[Fighting Sioux]

I haven't tried the pepper spray (one of my plants is actually flowering already which is on the early side) but I did try putting some tea tree oil in water and spraying them - it did nothing. We also tried traps of apple cider vinegar and dawn dish soap which again did nothing. Insecticidal soap didn't do much either. The most effective thing we've done has been vacuuming them up. The advice from fomularacer was spot on - they don't see transparent hoses so well. Found a hand vac with a clear body and clear tube attachment. You need to put you hand on the other side of the stem and kind of heard them toward the vac. Also, since they climb up the stem to get away it works best if you vacuum from the top down. I wonder how cannabis farms in my state are dealing with this...

 

[weedstoner420]

We have them where I'm at, they don't really seem to do much direct damage to any of the plants in our garden (not growing weed outside so can't speak to that), but the honeydew/poop could definitely pose a problem...

One thing I've seen some folks do on trees is put sticky tape around the base of the stalk, so they can't climb up it. Obviously that wouldn't work for the flyers but seems to help during the two non-flying stages...

 

[brogro]

I use this. The tube is 3/8 pex, wrapped with duct tape to fit. I removed the paper filter. 3 years ago I saw 10 all summer, last summer I saw 50, this summer I kill 150 per day. From Asia, as are the carp, snake heads, brown beetles, green beatles, stink bugs and inferior can openers and other household stuff.

They will try to run and hide behind the stems but you'd be surprised how your fingers will guide them right into the vacuum tube. With practice and observation you'll be getting 150 in an hour too.

 

[Fighting Sioux]

We have them where I'm at, they don't really seem to do much direct damage to any of the plants in our garden (not growing weed outside so can't speak to that), but the honeydew/poop could definitely pose a problem...

One thing I've seen some folks do on trees is put sticky tape around the base of the stalk, so they can't climb up it. Obviously that wouldn't work for the flyers but seems to help during the two non-flying stages...

I use this. The tube is 3/8 pex, wrapped with duct tape to fit. I removed the paper filter. 3 years ago I saw 10 all summer, last summer I saw 50, this summer I kill 150 per day. From Asia, as are the carp, snake heads, brown beetles, green beatles, stink bugs and inferior can openers and other household stuff.

They will try to run and hide behind the stems but you'd be surprised how your fingers will guide them right into the vacuum tube. With practice and observation you'll be getting 150 in an hour too.

 

[Fighting Sioux]

I don't know how many I got yesterday - it's a little hard to see with the reflections outside...

 

[hostagecs]

I don't know how many I got yesterday - it's a little hard to see with the reflections outside...

looks like a damn pinata of bugs in there

 

[formularacer]

My numbers of juvenile lantern flies has dropped. I am starting to see adult lantern flies but now where near the number that I had. Seeing one or two on a plant. No real damage so far. I think last year when I did Neem and Dawn it hurt the plants more than the lantern flies.
Some one said that bats like them thinking of adding a bat house.

Any one have any observations?

 

[Fighting Sioux]

We've been vacuuming regularly and it has definitely decreased the population. We're only getting a few adults - I sucked one up this morning and the rest were nymphs. I'm not seeing much damage and not much of the honeydew anymore. I'm probably doing more damage with the vacuum catching leaves at this point.

Bats are cool but how would they get the flies? The flies tend to stay on the stems and don't really fly around, and when they do jump away they go right back onto another plant. Bats come out at night (admittedly I have no idea what the damn lantern flies do at night and I highly doubt I will be going down to my growing area after dark to find out) and fly around at a pretty high altitude - would they really go after lantern flies? It's an interesting idea though. I think in China they're experimenting with parasitic wasps, not that that does us any good here.

 

[Budzbuddha]