Got Spotted Lantern Flies?

[Will Ketchum]

I do. I kill about 1/2 dozen in the backyard every day. You have to be quick because they see it coming. They are an invasive species from China and Vietnam. They don't seem to be extremely harmful, but being invasive they might. This is the first year I have seen them.

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I have these here this year.  Origin is East Asia.

 

https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/invertebrates/brown-marmorated-stink-bug

 

[TnRiver46]

12 minutes ago, gimruis said:

I have these here this year.  Origin is East Asia.

 

https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/invertebrates/brown-marmorated-stink-bug

 

We’ve had millions of those for years, I hate them 

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4 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

We’ve had millions of those for years, I hate them 

 

This is the first I've seen them.  At my last house 6 miles away, where I lived for 10 years, I had a lot of box elder bugs.  Interestingly, I don't have box elders at this house where I live now.  Just these bigger brown things.

[TnRiver46]

13 minutes ago, gimruis said:

 

This is the first I've seen them.  At my last house 6 miles away, where I lived for 10 years, I had a lot of box elder bugs.  Interestingly, I don't have box elders at this house where I live now.  Just these bigger brown things.

They get into everything! All the gas pumps here have them inside the glass where the numbers are spinning . If I leave a tarp outside there’s millions of them in the folds. The worst is the grill cover, I just gave up putting it on 

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3 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

The worst is the grill cover, I just gave up putting it on 

Ha!  There were actually a few IN my grill a couple days ago when I went to go start it.  They are DEAD now.  I heard them burn.  #torched

 

[A-Jay]

15 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

 All the gas pumps here have them inside the glass where the numbers are spinning . If I leave a tarp outside there’s millions of them in the folds. The worst is the grill cover, I just gave up putting it on 

Spinning numbers ? LOL

Are you still getting free flatware with 5 fill ups ?

 

A-Jay

[J._Bricker]

19 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Spinning numbers ? LOL

Are you still getting free flatware with 5 fill ups ?

 

A-Jay

Free flatware? I’d say get the S&H Green Stamps and a coupon book

[A-Jay]

7 minutes ago, J._Bricker said:

Free flatware? I’d say get the S&H Green Stamps and a coupon book

Ah . . . the good old days.

A-Jay

[TnRiver46]

Spinning digitally

 

although i know of several abandoned gas stations that left those pumps standing there haha

[A-Jay]

7 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Spinning digitally

OK ~Thanks for the clarity.

I was going to ask if Aunt B was still putting pies in the window . . . .

Slow day here . . . 

A-Jay

[12poundbass]

5 hours ago, A-Jay said:

OK ~Thanks for the clarity.

I was going to ask if Aunt B was still putting pies in the window . . . .

Slow day here . . . 

A-Jay

A small town 5 minutes east of me just changed their pump two years ago from the flip numbers to digital. ?

[casts_by_fly]

7 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

They get into everything! All the gas pumps here have them inside the glass where the numbers are spinning . If I leave a tarp outside there’s millions of them in the folds. The worst is the grill cover, I just gave up putting it on 

 

at my in-laws in western pa they had stink bugs for years really bad. They live in an old converted hunting cabin that’s wood construction and not exactly air tight. They would get dozens in the house every day. 
 

just remember- don’t crush them m they are called stink bugs for a reason. 
 

8 hours ago, Will Ketchum said:

I do. I kill about 1/2 dozen in the backyard every day. You have to be quick because they see it coming. They are an invasive species from China and Vietnam. They don't seem to be extremely harmful, but being invasive they might. This is the first year I have seen them.

we’ve had them for the past 3 years. Last year was the worst. This year was far better, maybe because we didn’t have the long heat like last year, maybe because we had that really hard freeze in December. In the past two weeks I’ve had a bunch pop up here, but still nothing like last year. 

[T-Billy]

On 10/4/2023 at 12:59 PM, Will Ketchum said:

I do. I kill about 1/2 dozen in the backyard every day. You have to be quick because they see it coming. They are an invasive species from China and Vietnam. They don't seem to be extremely harmful, but being invasive they might. This is the first year I have seen them.

I drive a crude tanker in SE OH, the WV panhandle, and western PA. We got a request from the PA DNR a few years ago to check our trucks for them before leaving a well pad and report any sightings. I never saw one until last week. I killed 28 of them while loading on a pad near Racoon State Park last week. I did a quick online search and found they're pretty widespread thoughout the midwest now, so I didn't bother reporting them. That cat's out of the bag.