18 July 2024
They’re again. Properly, really, they by no means left however they haven’t regarded like this since final fall. Up till now noticed lanternflies (Lycorma delicatula) in western Pennsylvania have been current as egg lots or nymphs.
Yesterday a winged grownup lanternfly landed on John English’s window feeder in Homestead. That is the primary report I’ve acquired that adults have emerged.
Their inhabitants will comply with a well-known arc. A smattering in mid July, tons extra in August, an invasion in September.
Have you ever seen an grownup noticed lanternfly but? Depart a remark and let me know whenever you noticed the primary one.
p.s. I simply received again from every week in Virginia the place I discovered that noticed lanternflies are certainly in Virginia wine nation. They’re actually dangerous for grapes. Yikes! Right here’s the 2024 map from New York State Built-in Pest Administration and Cornell College.
