Spotted lantern fly infestation

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...

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.

weedstoner420 said:

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...

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brogro said:

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.

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

Fighting Sioux said:

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

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looks like a damn pinata of bugs in there