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What To Do If You Come Across A Spotted Lanternfly

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  • The spotted lanternfly is an invasive species with eating habits that destroy plants and could ultimately threaten agriculture in the U.S. NBC’s Jesse Kirsch reports for TODAY on the risks they pose and what to do when you come across them.
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  • @somerandomperson6511
    @somerandomperson6511 ปีที่แล้ว +1060

    Take them and stick them in to spider webs, feed them to mantises. If you hand feed them to local predators you'll teach those predators to go after them, like what divers are doing with lionfish

    • @lunasol8306
      @lunasol8306 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      That’s actually smart. I’ve never heard of divers that did something similar. Interesting

    • @layfonal1889
      @layfonal1889 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      I don’t think that’s how insects work. Spiders are trappers and won’t even care what their prey is as long it’s in the net the same goes for trapdoors. And as for mantis they are stalker that goes for the nearest preys. At least that’s how I perceive it but I could be wrong.

    • @somerandomperson6511
      @somerandomperson6511 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@johnfulton4952 hey man those Chinese native immigrants put in good work

    • @-Kami-Kun-
      @-Kami-Kun- ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I keep seeimg them whenever i go to maryland, luckily i havent seen any in wv

    • @larrygaroth9773
      @larrygaroth9773 ปีที่แล้ว

      Other guys right, insects will always go for whatever they can and the only deterrent that’ll usually work to repel a predator is one the prey item itself expels usually, like an ant spraying acid onto a mantis for getting too close

  • @jeanbarnette7096
    @jeanbarnette7096 ปีที่แล้ว +178

    We really need to thank the spiders, the web by my front door has about ten...

    • @stephenmartinez1
      @stephenmartinez1 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Raegan Harrison spiders are creepy, but they are largely harmless. most of them are incapable of even biting, because their fangs are too blunt, in the case of tarantulas that eat soft bugs. or too small. most spiders would only bite if you pinned them against your skin.

    • @boardcertifiable
      @boardcertifiable หลายเดือนก่อน

      Those are going to be some fat spiders lol

  • @bbtank3000
    @bbtank3000 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    I'm getting so many Starship Troopers vibes right now.
    "THE ONLY GOOD BUG IS A DEAD BUG."

    • @bbtank3000
      @bbtank3000 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@aronm5329 "They're doing their part. Are you? Join the Mobile Infantry today and save the world. Service guarantees citizenship."

    • @lawrup
      @lawrup ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Give it a cookie

    • @MayTheOddsBeInYourFavor
      @MayTheOddsBeInYourFavor ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂😂😂

    • @evettc7887
      @evettc7887 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Where the kids are stomping the bugs to death and the adults are clapping and cheering them on.

    • @bbtank3000
      @bbtank3000 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@evettc7887 Yes exactly.

  • @jamaicafox
    @jamaicafox ปีที่แล้ว +443

    They must be talking about them a lot in school because my 8 year old niece HATES them and I didn't understand why until now. I'm like, why is this girl so passionate about killing them? I knew they were invasive, but I didn't know how bad.

    • @healingIRT
      @healingIRT ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Omg Hilarious

    • @LalaaCherry
      @LalaaCherry ปีที่แล้ว +8

      😂😂😂😭😭😭 adorable

    • @ArturoVilchez92
      @ArturoVilchez92 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That's adorable 😂

    • @aj-sz8mu
      @aj-sz8mu ปีที่แล้ว +22

      it should be taught in school. and im glad to hear it is now. Too many people don't care why airports dont allow organic products through and are careless about bringing plants or woods etc from one state to another. my sister that sells plants don't know its a thing. Not just lantern flies but any plant or insect that those plant might carry can become invasive.

    • @anthonydemonssillerrunb4me118
      @anthonydemonssillerrunb4me118 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thays a horrible story you should go to your school and tell them to not teach your kids tonhate

  • @shameonyou632
    @shameonyou632 ปีที่แล้ว +249

    I been seeing a lot of these in Brooklyn this year, always ran from them. Now I know that they don’t bite it’s stomping time

    • @JanelsJoint
      @JanelsJoint ปีที่แล้ว +12

      You ain't lying!!! I saw the red thing with the straw like wtf is that and I'm in Michigan so they already here unfortunately

    • @Cervezadog
      @Cervezadog ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I've seen them here in Baltimore too. My girlfriend hates all bugs. She's always asking me to clean some vile pests splattered remains off of her pumps or mules. Now I ask her how many lantern flies she stomped to paste. She never keeps count.
      👠 👡
      👠🪰🕷🪳👡🐛🦗🪲
      CRUNCH SQUISH CRUNCH

    • @m4x927
      @m4x927 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yea there were a lot in staten island just gliding off of trees, one even smacked into my friend's face. I'm starting to see them now in brooklyn.

    • @Theirishcannoli
      @Theirishcannoli ปีที่แล้ว +1

      See them alot in New Jersey. Always stomping time when I see that red

    • @dolfyrantsparodies608
      @dolfyrantsparodies608 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@m4x927 There's a lot of them in Staten Island. A bunch near the verrazano

  • @weemotheveemo8070
    @weemotheveemo8070 ปีที่แล้ว +221

    Been seeing these things since before last summer. My town immediately had a notice posted that they’re invasive. My friends and I spent a day out in the yard together just whacking them with tennis rackets once because they were all over the oak tree in my yard. Thankfully, I’ve been seeing a lot less of them this year, and have been getting better at getting rid of them.

    • @xXHurdyGurdyManXx
      @xXHurdyGurdyManXx ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nice job, keep it up. 👍

    • @m4x927
      @m4x927 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      They're fairly slow and clumsy. They don't even react much when u're near them, I've seen a video where someone was just vacuuming them off of a tree.

    • @angelalmaguer311
      @angelalmaguer311 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Your backyard is Gotham. The moths think you're hiding in the shadows....but you are the shadows...

    • @BST-lm4po
      @BST-lm4po ปีที่แล้ว +6

      They die after the first frost or two, but their egg sacks survive the Winter. The egg sacks are what really need to be destroyed!

    • @weemotheveemo8070
      @weemotheveemo8070 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BST-lm4po what do their egg sacks look like? I’m not good with identifying those /gen

  • @brandonli8890
    @brandonli8890 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    As someone who hates bugs with a passion, I would GLADLY ERASE THIS BUG!!!.

    • @mrsx7944
      @mrsx7944 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Same!! I saw a bunch today in Western PA and I'm absolutely disgusted.

  • @NJDFAN76
    @NJDFAN76 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    For some reason stepping on them worked a couple years ago, but this year they appear to have faster reflexes making it nearly impossible to just step on them.

    • @RainebowEvee
      @RainebowEvee ปีที่แล้ว +74

      Maybe we stepped on the slow ones over and over again, and ended up selecting for the ones that have faster reflexes? Bc those are the ones that survive to reproduce. (just a guess)

    • @NJDFAN76
      @NJDFAN76 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@RainebowEvee I thought so

    • @paris283
      @paris283 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RainebowEvee makes sense

    • @hadisoufi7752
      @hadisoufi7752 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That's how evolution works

    • @aethrya
      @aethrya ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@hadisoufi7752 this is adaptation, not evolution

  • @CharlesRegister
    @CharlesRegister ปีที่แล้ว +80

    I would have liked to be able to actually see what the eggs look like before cutting to the next scene

    • @Rhov9
      @Rhov9 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I get it. I know we can Google it easily, but it’s the principle of the thing 😂 don’t say “this is what they look like” and then show a frame for less than half a second lol

  • @lr9010
    @lr9010 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    I would freak out if I see that many outside my door.

  • @Chuchel-hh6hq
    @Chuchel-hh6hq ปีที่แล้ว +129

    I hate bugs , i know a lot of them are important for the ecology . But also a lot of them are extremely harmful for both ecology and people .

    • @napalmsf
      @napalmsf ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Kinda like humans

    • @KatSpicert
      @KatSpicert ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@napalmsf But our species alone isn't invasive, rather our practices we choose to do that's invasive. We learn not to be.

    • @napalmsf
      @napalmsf ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@KatSpicert we learn not to be...so doesn't that mean that we originally are? Destructive, invasive etc. Do you know about Lord of the Flies? What do you think would happen in a scenario like that? Would we learn to get along or destroy each other?

    • @KatSpicert
      @KatSpicert ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@napalmsf No, we weren't originally invasive as the ecology around us continued to thrive with humans, before we entered the industrial age. The Lord of the Flies example would more point towards tribalism within the species, as we in our early stages used to hunt in groups for our survival. Different tribes would fight eachother over resources or becausethey were different, which leads to our own downfall. But not towards nature.

    • @Sp3ctralI
      @Sp3ctralI ปีที่แล้ว

      @@napalmsf originally we weren’t, with tribes respecting land and animals, even when hunting and harvesting.
      Then some of us decided to do more harm, while the rest kept being resourceful and conservative with resources and such.

  • @kamalcarmichael5991
    @kamalcarmichael5991 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    They’re pretty offensive too when your walking down the street they jump at you if you get too close.

    • @genesis3790
      @genesis3790 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s literally never happened to me or anyone I know

    • @grezno
      @grezno 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      yeah i hate that! when i’m out grilling they’ll jump on me and even though i know they don’t bite it still kinda freaks me out

    • @chessc.3407
      @chessc.3407 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I HATE them. They jump at me and it’s like they’re on a mission even if u swat them away they come back

    • @mrsx7944
      @mrsx7944 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@genesis3790it happened to me! One jumped on my shoulder!!

    • @mrsx7944
      @mrsx7944 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@genesis3790consider yourself lucky!! I lost ten yrs off my life!!

  • @SweetNightmares_
    @SweetNightmares_ ปีที่แล้ว +11

    “Bringing another species here to get rid of them”
    Humans: Hey, that’s our job.

  • @foregoat3577
    @foregoat3577 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    It’s like they appeared outta nowhere I swear

    • @mrsx7944
      @mrsx7944 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thx China!!

  • @HybridMiranda
    @HybridMiranda ปีที่แล้ว +27

    My coworker and I go on a walk every day to get away from our computers, and about 3 weeks ago I spotted one, recognized it, caught it, reported it, and killed it.
    Now we usually cross 3-6 of them on each walk, and make a game of crushing them. They jump pretty far, but stumble and have to reset when they land. That's the best time to step on them.
    This morning, one landed right in front of my motorcycle (in the middle of the city!!) at a stoplight. Called it a 'steering exercise' to hit it when the light turned green. For once, I don't feel bad about killing bugs XD

    • @jesperlivid9184
      @jesperlivid9184 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Bobby Link Prolly DNR (department of natural resources) for local state/area or smthn similar if you're actually curious. It depends on the area though.

    • @KiraCaras1
      @KiraCaras1 ปีที่แล้ว

      I seen them in the park i work at Hamilton Fish Recreation Center.

    • @genesis3790
      @genesis3790 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Haha!!

    • @genesis3790
      @genesis3790 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ride safely !

  • @k98Lemur
    @k98Lemur ปีที่แล้ว +97

    I've lived where this bug first showed up in PA, and we have been dealing with them for like 6 years. There's nothing you can do. Don't waste your time with chemicals and crap. After a few years the birds eventually realize they are a food source and there won't be as many of them compared to the first years they show up in your area.

    • @ThereAreNoBlackPpl
      @ThereAreNoBlackPpl ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I hope you’re right, I was thinking the same thing, other animals have to just realize that this is food too, and it will even out, but it’s looking so crazy in some parts of New York city right now

    • @TheMissingLink2
      @TheMissingLink2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      What's your proof that they're being eaten?
      I say keep killing them regardless.

    • @rockon8174
      @rockon8174 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly!!!! Let the birds get them.

    • @bbvonny92
      @bbvonny92 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ThereAreNoBlackPplI seen spiders eating them

    • @CardSearcher911
      @CardSearcher911 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      With all due respect, I think that's what the people who introduced rabbits to Australia thought back in the 1800s. And they're the main reason why the rabbit-bandicoots were endangered.

  • @SABlueAngryBlur
    @SABlueAngryBlur ปีที่แล้ว +90

    As a lifeguard, I've seen these things at their first evolutionary stage: just black spotted jumping bugs. Then overtime in late July I have seen their bodies go red and able to jump higher. Then mid August I began seeing their adult stage.
    They're really annoying at adulthood stage. They aren't great flyers but they'll try to land on anything that seems to be 'viable' for them. Just crush 'em if you see them.

  • @racheljohnson7421
    @racheljohnson7421 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    They are everywhere in Harford County. I heard spraying them with vinegar kills them. I don't know if it just causes them to fall down or kills them, I've been spraying them. I don't want so many bug guts on my shoes. Too many to squish.

    • @allisonnn_xo
      @allisonnn_xo ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I seen just 6 in the last hour out here in edgewood

    • @thesilentone4024
      @thesilentone4024 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Then report it to help increase there efforts to decrease there population.

    • @baileybrown6197
      @baileybrown6197 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes I’m there and it crazy there all over restaurants and everywhere . I didn’t even know they were killing the economy

    • @balsamicvinegerchips1729
      @balsamicvinegerchips1729 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Dawn dish soap and water kills them

    • @a.clemons
      @a.clemons ปีที่แล้ว

      @@allisonnn_xo no way I used to live in Edgewood! lol random comment.

  • @petermontalbano3910
    @petermontalbano3910 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Another present 🎁 from our friends in China.

  • @WeStayLifted420
    @WeStayLifted420 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I had never seen them before in my life. I was in Hagerstown Maryland the other day and there was SO MANY OF THEM!!! ALL OVER THE TOWN! They jump when you walk past them and flap their wings... One of them jumped on my neck as I walked under the tree..... THESE ARE A PROBLEM!

  • @HACKTACULAR.
    @HACKTACULAR. ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Their easy to step on if you come at them from the front! If u try from the back theyll jump away.

    • @kayla7562
      @kayla7562 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks for the HACK!

    • @whiplash360.
      @whiplash360. ปีที่แล้ว

      And they are fast when they jump! I spray them with Fantastic. Works like a charm.

  • @staci632
    @staci632 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Mixture of dawn dish detergent and water is effective in killing them. Add mixture to a gallon pump sprayer and spray. The sprayer uses pressure so you don’t have to be too close to them to spray.

    • @CherishedChristianLife
      @CherishedChristianLife ปีที่แล้ว +1

      just make sure is not a plant you have to eat later.

    • @romeredubost6971
      @romeredubost6971 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sounds more like giving them a bath as opposed to killing them…will only DAWN work or can I use JOY?😏

    • @bonniemoerdyk9809
      @bonniemoerdyk9809 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@romeredubost6971 ...most gardening books say "use dish detergent"...so any brand will do.☺

  • @scalesandtails_scally
    @scalesandtails_scally ปีที่แล้ว +9

    THERE EVERYWHERE IN JERSEY

  • @sarahs5340
    @sarahs5340 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    We need a predator of lantern flies.
    There aren’t enough humans to combat an infestation…unless we could train cats…never mind! 😂

    • @Sp3ctralI
      @Sp3ctralI ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mantises are a pretty good predator, though where lantern flies are, there isn’t usually a lot of mantises. So it sucks

  • @Supportingtruth8258
    @Supportingtruth8258 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    They have a beautiful pattern on their back.

  • @erika8214
    @erika8214 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    It reminds me of the nasty fig beetle we have here in Southern CA. I hate that nasty bug. It just loves me. I’ve had to get three of them on separate occasions of my car.

    • @izaak8056
      @izaak8056 ปีที่แล้ว

      What do the fig beetles look like?

    • @kayseelise
      @kayseelise ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Omg nooo I just saw one yesterday on my door trying to get into my apartment

    • @Cervezadog
      @Cervezadog ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I hope that you stomp them to paste Erika. I kinda like fig newtons.
      👡
      👡🪲 CRUNCH CRUNCH

    • @_Chessa_
      @_Chessa_ ปีที่แล้ว

      I always called those guys Citrus beetles, now I know they are Fig beetles, because they are always on the orange tree here!
      Big shiny green and loves to fly into your head like a dumb drone. XD I like them but they can be mean and eat all my oranges before I get to one. Lol

    • @bd3966
      @bd3966 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@izaak8056 Google is your best bet but they are huge buzzing green beetles. Related to Egyptian scarab beetles. You can always hear them before you see them. Clumsy as a bull in a China shop always bumping into things and people. They love fruit and flowers.

  • @RJWorrell
    @RJWorrell ปีที่แล้ว +2

    PT Alpine pesticide. Sprayed it around my door to my porch. They were attracted to it. Not long after they walked on it would they become paralyzed and die on their own. You’re supposed to spray it every 30 days but it’s been over a year and it still works. The pesticide is illegal for home use in certain states, so you will want to check on that first. I’m not sure if you can spray it on plants.

  • @joemarsden68
    @joemarsden68 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    2:54 i love all the disgusted groans after they see that big pile of bugs😂

  • @osnapitzcristal
    @osnapitzcristal ปีที่แล้ว +19

    ah man,,, i was at Six Flags Great Adventure (NJ) last week and they were having a blast around the SkyScreamer. there were so many. many landed on me throughout the day but it is what it is. killed a few that i could,,, they jump away so fast!

    • @ciaragarrity6425
      @ciaragarrity6425 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You should tell the amusement park about this, then they should go after it.

    •  ปีที่แล้ว

      i would have asked for my money bag. i didn't ask for bugs.

    • @officialj-rem4756
      @officialj-rem4756 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah six flags Great adventure is literally INFESTED with these things I couldn’t go on one ride without seeing them freaking everywhere. I was just there this Saturday

    • @ciaragarrity6425
      @ciaragarrity6425 ปีที่แล้ว

      @ Actually getting a refund would most likely not work in this case, but it is the parks fault she had to encounter these bugs.

    • @ciaragarrity6425
      @ciaragarrity6425 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@officialj-rem4756 Good to know, I will send the park a letter. I will bring this to their attention.

  • @Native-Kitty
    @Native-Kitty ปีที่แล้ว +14

    One of these things flew on my face out of nowhere and flew off as I was walking home. I’m out for revenge now! Im getting my fly swatter, heading to the park and taking out as many as I can. They messed with the wrong person!

  • @steveschenker1380
    @steveschenker1380 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Lanternfly killing tip: Swat them from head on. Their eyes are on the side of their heads and they will dodge a side attack more easily.

  • @bbypink9844
    @bbypink9844 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I always see them when we go to sesame place in Pennsylvania!! Crazy!!

  • @brybryguy6314
    @brybryguy6314 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Lol they been a huge issue here where I live in eastren Pennsylvania for years now. We been stomping, scrapping, crushing for awhile now. Also there is sticky tape you can get and wrapp your trees with. Just wrap it around the trunks. That also helps to catch them.

    • @brybryguy6314
      @brybryguy6314 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Shae 9 Hershey has been invated like crazy. I'm a Hersheypark goer on a weekly basis and I been seeing them there

    • @brybryguy6314
      @brybryguy6314 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Shae 9 lol I was there yesterday and no lie I got nailed in the face by one while riding Candymonium.

  • @ShadesofSage
    @ShadesofSage ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Ooooh! So that’s what they are! This is my first year seeing them and they’re EVERYWHERE 😭!

    • @Samoanqueenbrilol
      @Samoanqueenbrilol ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ikr I live in north NJ and they are everywhere!!

    • @romeoof
      @romeoof 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They don't bite but danger to tree or our fruits

  • @mojojeinxs9960
    @mojojeinxs9960 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Can't walk out my front door without hitting me in the head.

  • @WCNYC
    @WCNYC 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    They grow a lot bigger than just a fingernail. I just had one come into my house. They also look brown when they’re older- and the red becomes noticeable when they spread they’re wings.

  • @TreebeardWood
    @TreebeardWood ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I saw a bunch today in nyc. I think this is a resistance is futile situation. They seem to be spreading fast. 😔

  • @florysanon1787
    @florysanon1787 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    These things are all over New Jersey.

    • @destinyd9287
      @destinyd9287 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup, saw a ton of them at six flags the other day.

  • @DmeingoJohnson-uo9sv
    @DmeingoJohnson-uo9sv 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I have 4 spiders in my yard and I feed them 2 a day for the whole summer and the spiders are fat and healthy and loves me I think they know food comes when I get near them because they come out to the front of their web and wait for dinner

  • @westkey1
    @westkey1 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    One of these pesky bugs flew into my highrise apt on a very high floor I couldn't believe it. I squashed it in 2 seconds.

  • @mspears_bobobuddytheseniorcat
    @mspears_bobobuddytheseniorcat ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What to do? “Squish it!” 😹

  • @morganmiller41
    @morganmiller41 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Can they survive the winter? I'vs see them a lot during the summer but I hope when fall and winter comes they decrease

    • @SORIKKUu
      @SORIKKUu ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Idk about the winter but they lay eggs in September

    • @shoujofanatic
      @shoujofanatic ปีที่แล้ว

      Like most bugs they probably just freeze somewhere safe and come out when it gets warm again

    • @jenn5974
      @jenn5974 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      They freeze in the winter and die off. But their eggs don’t. They lay them in sept until they die and then those can last until spring

    • @_Chessa_
      @_Chessa_ ปีที่แล้ว

      Check the tree’s for their eggs around your area or whenever you walk around if you have them in your area. The eggs do overwinter and they will be able to spring out as soon as it’s warm again sadly.

    • @chicagolandrailfan1550
      @chicagolandrailfan1550 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      All the adults die in winter but the eggs survive. If you see them make sure to give it the belt so hard that even dead lantern flies can feel it

  • @crackerjack4833
    @crackerjack4833 ปีที่แล้ว

    Al is such a great guy on TV 😂 always makes me laugh lol

  • @JonDoe-wy1sr
    @JonDoe-wy1sr ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just saw one the other day. Crushed it.

  • @dawnhughes9942
    @dawnhughes9942 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Arborists (our country's most underrated heros) to the rescue!

  • @AStri-zg5xc
    @AStri-zg5xc ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thank you yet again Asia.

    • @RLee8512
      @RLee8512 ปีที่แล้ว

      Another gift from china

  • @saltyclipsproduction3885
    @saltyclipsproduction3885 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've been finding these in Pittsburgh pa the past few weeks

    • @Iceis_Phoenix
      @Iceis_Phoenix ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I live in Monroeville theyre all ovsr

    • @itz_akuma
      @itz_akuma ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Iceis_Phoenix I've lived in Monroeville and turtle Creek. I'm currently in Johnstown pa right now tho.... They are beautiful and they don't bother me none 😭😭😭😭

  • @josemontano7767
    @josemontano7767 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’ve see them all over New York City. Kinda pretty looking.

  • @MyerShift7
    @MyerShift7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    All these regulations on ag shipping restrictions, and they still can't prevent dangerous foreign pests from invading.

    • @kj_H65f
      @kj_H65f ปีที่แล้ว

      Just like how condoms don't prevent every pregnancy

  • @thesleeper28
    @thesleeper28 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    If this is helpful for anyone, with a lot of vegetation on their property, we ordered a few cocoons of praying mantises, and they are carnivorous, and may help to keep the population of lantern bugs down to an extent

  • @MidnightNyctophilia
    @MidnightNyctophilia ปีที่แล้ว

    2:55 The disappointed groan they let out haha

  • @neliborba101
    @neliborba101 ปีที่แล้ว

    How do qw get rid of them? Those bugs are in this area. I have seen them since 2019, the first one was on a parking lot, it came over and perched itself in the open car door.

  • @goochpanooch
    @goochpanooch ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Never seen one. Barely even see cicadas anymore. I used to see their exoskeletons everywhere growing up

    • @judymiller323
      @judymiller323 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      bumper crop of cicada expskeletons this year central FL !

    • @lilycakes49
      @lilycakes49 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I just saw one today for the first time in nyc, never seen a cicada once

    • @_Chessa_
      @_Chessa_ ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’ve seen 100’s of live cicadas in AZ this summer.

  • @markc2643
    @markc2643 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Raise a million native birds and feed them a lot of lanterflies then when they are released they go to town on them, and even teach other birds to eat them. Birds now eat stinkbugs, so why not lanternflies?

    • @joshuagross3151
      @joshuagross3151 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lanternflies are poisonous, for one.

    • @joshuagross3151
      @joshuagross3151 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Biglyp "...makes them less likely to eat them."

    • @markc2643
      @markc2643 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joshuagross3151 Fact checks say they aren't. They may accumulate toxins from plants they eat that are toxic. But those plants are not native here and would be invasive as well if they are.

    • @joshuagross3151
      @joshuagross3151 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@markc2643 Yes, that makes them poisonous.
      The plant you're thinking of is the Tree of Heaven. They _are_ here and they're very common. You might know them better as _stinkwood._

    • @jimmylim5015
      @jimmylim5015 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@joshuagross3151 they are NOT poisonous. The Colors are to fool anything but they aren't poisonous

  • @Lordnixie
    @Lordnixie ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I went to six flags over in New Jersey and these things has taken over the whole park you can’t go a second without seeing them flying around

  • @JanelsJoint
    @JanelsJoint ปีที่แล้ว

    I've seen the red spotted one here in battle creek Michigan

  • @georgiastewart4479
    @georgiastewart4479 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I spotted one in Pittsburgh, PA, unfortunately it got away

    • @Rhov9
      @Rhov9 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’ve seen them numerous times this summer in Southern NJ - and I’ve killed a few of them (some got away too though). They are gross 🤢

    • @plotvist5448
      @plotvist5448 ปีที่แล้ว

      I did too! Was on a road trip in PA two days ago and stopped at a gas station. Saw it flying around while stretching my legs and thought it was a cool looking bug. I took a picture and posted it on instagram. Didn’t know that it was invasive until my friends told me while I showed them

    • @jasminlove3251
      @jasminlove3251 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Now they're all over Pittsburgh

  • @59_xgx
    @59_xgx ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Your telling me the government didn’t make these

  • @paris283
    @paris283 ปีที่แล้ว

    I haven’t seen any in south FL where I live, thank goodness

  • @chrismcpherson1204
    @chrismcpherson1204 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    we are invaded here in Pennsylvania we lost a huge silver maple tree in our yard. As you drive through Huntingdon County Pennsylvania you can see the devastation of tree's.

  • @shiqingcui8639
    @shiqingcui8639 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    these spotted lanterflies are really attracted to Chinese cedar or Chinese toona trees. I have a small cherries orchard with only one Chinese toona tree planted not too far away. but each year I can only find spotted lanterflies on this single tree, it's their nature to bond with Chinese toona. but sadly Chinese toona is also a invasive tree species. if you plant them, you have to keep an eye on them cause they tend to spread by roots very quick

    • @dragondancer1814
      @dragondancer1814 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yet another reason for me to not want an ailanthus tree (the oxymoronically-named Tree of Heaven) on my property-the trouble is, several neighbors have them in THEIR yards!

    • @shiqingcui8639
      @shiqingcui8639 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@dragondancer1814 sure,they gonna spread everywhere

  • @conkaiserdor
    @conkaiserdor ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The next president I vote for must make extinguishing spotted lanternflies a top priority!

    • @ciaragarrity6425
      @ciaragarrity6425 ปีที่แล้ว

      Im sure Biden would want to squish the latternflies too!
      It is up to all of us to solve the problem.
      Lots of comments here saying that the bug got away and many did not know what to do with the bugs upsets me deeply.
      Try your best to squish the bugs.

    • @Cervezadog
      @Cervezadog ปีที่แล้ว

      The bugs come from China. Biden loves trading with China.

    • @Cervezadog
      @Cervezadog ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ciaragarrity6425 Biden has enough trouble just trying to keep from falling over. I guess that Jill can crush them for him though. She's able to walk around in those 5" stiletto heels without falling.

  • @katechan8262
    @katechan8262 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Saw one today for the first time first time seeing in NY

  • @MelodyBellStudio
    @MelodyBellStudio ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can you show a better picture if the eggs for us to spot?

  • @Ki-lk5wn
    @Ki-lk5wn ปีที่แล้ว +16

    All over in NJ. All over my yard and I can’t take them. They jump at you and I’m terrified of bugs.

    • @elbyaty
      @elbyaty ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Does bug spray work against them?

    • @ItAlwaysEnds
      @ItAlwaysEnds ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hahahahahaahahaha

  • @aprilmiles3561
    @aprilmiles3561 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Ooo! Look at the pretty Spotted Lanternfly, with those pretty pink and black spotted wings on him!…..SPLAT!!!!! 😂😂😂😂

    • @RobPeoples27
      @RobPeoples27 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @April Miles do you step on them too?

    • @aprilmiles3561
      @aprilmiles3561 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RobPeoples27 No. I’ve never seen or heard of them until today.

    • @stevow7442
      @stevow7442 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@aprilmiles3561 Where are you located? They're everywhere in Southern PA. Total menace.

  • @spidey3448
    @spidey3448 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I kept seeing these things left and right last year I thought the winter killed most of them this year but I was horribly wrong

  • @carolhartwell9245
    @carolhartwell9245 ปีที่แล้ว

    I put white vinegar in a spray bottle and sprayed. No water and the spray bottle should be spray not a stream. I used Myers bottle that had some cleaning spray in which was gone. It slows them down so u can use a fly swatter.

  • @HeavyRollin
    @HeavyRollin ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Found some in Keasbey, NJ. This was found next to a Distribution Center/warehouse.

    • @UltimoJ
      @UltimoJ ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Only somes? they are practically everywhere in NJ since last year

  • @chrisprescott2273
    @chrisprescott2273 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Whoah I saw one of those just yesterday. I live in Omaha Nebraska
    so I guess they have spread farther west than Indiana.

    • @HybridMiranda
      @HybridMiranda ปีที่แล้ว

      There's a way to report them online- I'd search up the local forest/agriculture number and report it ASAP

    • @chrisprescott2273
      @chrisprescott2273 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@HybridMiranda Thanks. I intend to report it. . Luckily my cat killed it and I haven't seen any more of them so far.

    • @susanbuck1327
      @susanbuck1327 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I live in northern Kansas so I will be on the lookout for them.

  • @Carlenewatts
    @Carlenewatts 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    They here in NY by the beach, we went fishing Sunday and the beach by the bridge here in brooklyn full of them

  • @lilbit5672
    @lilbit5672 ปีที่แล้ว

    They are in east orange nj as well.

  • @joycee5493
    @joycee5493 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Practically zero tree mortality here in PA. Please don't overreact and spray your landscape trees with insecticide. It's not necessary. They do however damage crop fruit buy depositing their honeydew on the fruit, which then turns black from mold.

    • @missycitty9478
      @missycitty9478 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I took a ride through PA last weekend with my parents and the amount of dead trees we saw was astounding!! Lantern flies were everywhere!
      This is not about overreacting, this is about facts.

    • @ciaragarrity6425
      @ciaragarrity6425 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@missycitty9478 If you got the exact location of where you found the bugs, you should capture them and step on them.

    • @joycee5493
      @joycee5493 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@missycitty9478 The dead trees you saw were ash trees which have died as a result of the Emerald ash borer... no connection to the spotted lantern fly. Pa has an estimated310 million ash trees and it is expected that we will lose upwards of 95 percent of them. To treat EAB each ash tree would need to be injected _(not sprayed) every year... and this would need to be done extremely early as soon as the EAB larvae are deposited under the bark. Spotted Lantern Fly requires a different method of treatment.

    • @mattb9664
      @mattb9664 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Demand CS ftw! They deteriorate and fall apart.
      Don't spray around edible fruits though or around plants that the honey bees like.

  • @Reelunique
    @Reelunique ปีที่แล้ว +10

    They need to introduce a predator that likes to eat it, someone tell the Amish too.

    • @joshuagross3151
      @joshuagross3151 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Then you'd have to deal with the predator. Hawaii was plagued by rats that had stowed away on ship for years. They were threatening local fauna and damaging structures. So, they introduced cats, which quickly brought the rat population to heel.
      After a few years, the cats had begun to spread like wildfire and were starting to threaten local bird populations. They're still dealing with that problem today.
      The problem with invasive species of _any_ sort is that they have no natural counter, meaning they can spread fast and grow hardier.

    • @Reelunique
      @Reelunique ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree with you. It’d have to be well thought out on which predator to use. There have been a few cases where it’s worked without damage to ecosystems but it is a lot harder. Here’s praying they find maybe something already in our ecosystem that could eat it and all they’d need to do is reproduce that animal to greater numbers that way it could be less damaging. Perhaps a type of bird or something.

    • @joshuagross3151
      @joshuagross3151 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Reelunique Why not use humans as the natural predator? We don't have to eat them, just wipe out the population.

    • @Reelunique
      @Reelunique ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joshuagross3151 Yeah good point I just don’t have faith in mankind to do it alone I guess lol.

    • @joshuagross3151
      @joshuagross3151 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Reelunique Never underestimate the power of a 9 year old boy with a magnifying glass.

  • @LuciferBMDT31
    @LuciferBMDT31 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I don't know how they're crushing em. They have quick reflexes. They jump out of the way before I can get em

  • @CoolersAndUttpSmokers
    @CoolersAndUttpSmokers ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yeah I saw a cat ate a red lantern fly I also saw the goldfish eat then as well

  • @wingking077
    @wingking077 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Pennsylvania blew it, they started in Berks county 2012, you can blame our Governor and DEP for not doing a thing, and still doing nothing...

    • @Imreydance
      @Imreydance ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bro what… what is the governor going to do?

    • @jjjjjj192
      @jjjjjj192 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Imreydance Use funds to fumigate obviously! 🤷🏻‍♂️🤯

    • @Imreydance
      @Imreydance ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jjjjjj192 🤔 Bro… you realize there are processes in place that have to occur for he/she to spend or allocate funds to something right? I’m pretty sure even if they are the governor, other hands are in the cookie jar who will be able to approve/disapprove of his financial decisions

    • @ciaragarrity6425
      @ciaragarrity6425 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Imreydance Get bug traps and a metal fence to lure the lattern flies in, that what the governor should do.
      There should be a group effort to get rid of the lattern flies.

    • @Imreydance
      @Imreydance ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ciaragarrity6425 So you participating too? Or is it just the governor’s responsibility?

  • @lucasjames7524
    @lucasjames7524 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I saw one for the first time about four weeks ago (I'm outside and garden a lot), and since then, I have seen a few every single day. I don't think killing them does anything meaningful. I see them land high up on a telephone poll, and what about all of the ones in the surrounding miles of land? They're here to stay, like it or not. The best and only meaningful solution now is to import a specialist predator species or a fungal disease that only affects the lantern fly, because they aren't going anywhere if some people squish a few of them.

  • @adrianparra4442
    @adrianparra4442 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like how he walks away at the end

  • @zee3499
    @zee3499 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love him standing in the ONLY vinyeard in Avon Lake like it isn't a large bustling town.

  • @Rob_Gene07
    @Rob_Gene07 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I seen a bunch in the wood trails, I didn't know what to do so I let them grow all summer, they seem pretty dumb. Kinda cute tbh

    • @ciaragarrity6425
      @ciaragarrity6425 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Big mistake! You should have squished them and their egg patches.

    • @KaheemBeam
      @KaheemBeam ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Yeah Robert. It is all your fault. If you'd killed them we wouldn't all be in this mess...

    • @Rob_Gene07
      @Rob_Gene07 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Sorry peps I step on them now, but I was battling the moral implications of squashing a bunch of bugs when they had no way of fighting back 😮‍💨Skype? Edit: for no reason they seem pretty stupid and they just stand around they don't bite or anything

    • @somnuswaltz5586
      @somnuswaltz5586 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@Rob_Gene07 I understand where you're coming from. It takes a REAL man to have compassion and to think twice before killing a bug that doesn't have a chance to get away or defend itself. 👍

    • @AlphaQHard
      @AlphaQHard ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Rob_Gene07
      Oh my god you are so soft. Dont breed

  • @genesis3790
    @genesis3790 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I honestly really like the idea of a scientist bringing another bug here to go after the lantern flies. I hope they do.

  • @rage508cardsngrails
    @rage508cardsngrails ปีที่แล้ว

    Seen them on the south shore in Massachusetts

  • @cancerking9416
    @cancerking9416 ปีที่แล้ว

    I live in the Bronx. I saw one on my back stairs recently.

  • @Brruu
    @Brruu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Just like 2 weeks ago I saw one of those in my backyard trying to land on me, I didn't know what it was so I started throwing my basketball at it until it went on the floor and I stomped it out

    • @blackrocks8413
      @blackrocks8413 ปีที่แล้ว

      cool story....bro

    • @lolawants2008
      @lolawants2008 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lmao are you serious? This bug which you didn’t know was an issue (& is entirely harmless to you)… that’s the way you had to react to it? 😂 God help us all. The sentient & competent consciousness of our ancestors that made our lives possible is being completely undone in a handful of generations in this upside down modern world 🤦🏻‍♀️

    • @marcusatm
      @marcusatm ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lolawants2008 what

    • @lolawants2008
      @lolawants2008 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@marcusatm exactly

    • @romeredubost6971
      @romeredubost6971 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You played dodgeball with a bug, then cheated by stomping it, instead of hitting it with the ball

  • @pollypocket2282
    @pollypocket2282 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I’m reminded of locusts… I’m starting to think those end of times people may be on to something. Is it just the cycle of Earth, or is it just that we have social media and see these things more often?!?

    • @kiynchin
      @kiynchin ปีที่แล้ว +3

      it's ecological disruption due to human behavior

  • @jameswalls705
    @jameswalls705 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Spotted one in Baltimore MD 21217 in the parking lot at Shiloh apartments. Awesome looking bug, but didn't step on it, because I didn't know it was a invasive bug.

  • @thetylife
    @thetylife ปีที่แล้ว

    I just saw a few on our grape plant today for the first time...

  • @SweetLilWren
    @SweetLilWren ปีที่แล้ว +9

    They're not small as far as bugs go

    • @Rhov9
      @Rhov9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you! That’s what I was thinking 😂 they are big enough for it to be gross when you squish them 🤢

    • @SweetLilWren
      @SweetLilWren ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Rhov9 yes‼️

  • @rodrigocoockiemonster4460
    @rodrigocoockiemonster4460 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Imagine if humans were this aggresive to other human invasors

    • @phoenix2.020
      @phoenix2.020 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If that were the case, then colonialism wouldn't have existed 😂

  • @Sp3ctralI
    @Sp3ctralI ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If you want to, you can feed them to spiders or mantises.
    Maybe even frogs or toads if you’ve got any around your area.
    Or birds
    Or use a lighter and hairspray if you like

    • @johnnypickle2253
      @johnnypickle2253 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't think anybody is gonna go Toby Maguire and catch them precisely and go to the local toad and pop it in their mouth, or scoop up their stomped bodies on the ground and throw it in a spider web. Nobody wants an unnecessary fire hazard, or possible criminal charge either. They are invasive species witch are harming the ecosystem and must die, but no need to cause unnecessary suffering like slowly burning them to death.

    • @Dreamr4life1
      @Dreamr4life1 ปีที่แล้ว

      Depends where you're at. It's best to stick with the predators than the fire if you live in places like CA. Remember "Only you can prevent wildfires 🐻" 😂

  • @hunbunn4308
    @hunbunn4308 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Is it possible to find a way to eliminate through road check points? Idk... like spray down peoples cars or somthing??

    • @evettc7887
      @evettc7887 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      All truck drivers are required to have to have training each year on them to make sure we aren't transporting elsewhere.

    • @katie7748
      @katie7748 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@evettc7887 The company my husband drives for has a sticker for it on their trucks.

  • @chrisandme23
    @chrisandme23 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Penn State has done a lot of research on how to deal with them. I'd recommend searching it out if you're concerned. They are pretty manageable for the folks looking to keep their yards/properties free of them. Commercial industry and wildlife management is another story...

    • @randycandy491
      @randycandy491 ปีที่แล้ว

      How do i keep them out my yard?

  • @dreadbull5039
    @dreadbull5039 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great…as if stink bugs weren’t enough of a nuisance, now this….

    • @chris135x
      @chris135x ปีที่แล้ว

      Human beings will say "anything and everything is a nuisance to me". Why are you "people" like this?

    • @dreadbull5039
      @dreadbull5039 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chris135x Apparently you’re an alien?

  • @marioking983
    @marioking983 ปีที่แล้ว

    Plant juice?

  • @cherylb10
    @cherylb10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We have killed several I'm in new york, they jump to and are fast. I'm in bensonhurst bklyn ny

  • @bIuejack
    @bIuejack ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I literally just found one in my house today and then this video pops up! I didnt know about this so i got him outside and set him free. I didnt know!

    • @fish4fun354
      @fish4fun354 ปีที่แล้ว

      Go get you a bug a salt gun and get ahead.

    • @watchmeek
      @watchmeek ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lmao

    • @joshuagross3151
      @joshuagross3151 ปีที่แล้ว

      You monster.

    • @fish4fun354
      @fish4fun354 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@joshuagross3151 better than being drowned in hand sanitizer.

    • @montecristosmith2343
      @montecristosmith2343 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You've doomed the planet😱

  • @gongrunt
    @gongrunt ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What have the Chinese done about these bugs..??????????

    • @chewygaming1
      @chewygaming1 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's a problem there too. But they have a tiny wasp called Anastatus that lays eggs in the lanternfly eggs which eats them from the inside out.

  • @poolhalljunkie9
    @poolhalljunkie9 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Good thing we've got the joro spider now to help catch them. 😂😂

  • @tonyhsloanejr
    @tonyhsloanejr ปีที่แล้ว

    They are all over Great Adventure in NJ. They don't seem to be addressing it either.