Outside of New York, people can contact their local agriculture department. For New York-based spottings, IPM is asking people to take pictures, collect and freeze the specimen in a jar of alcohol or hand sanitizer and email with the location noted.
So I would say no, don’t eat it but you help us all out if you step on it.”Ĭheck this guide from IPM on where to look for larvae after you've spent time in an infested area. “Because they have piercing, sucking mouth parts, and they’re basically designed to feed from plants, they can’t bite you,” he said. For adult flies, stepping on them or otherwise fully crushing them does the trick.įor anyone concerned about their own safety, Willis says that lanternflies are not a threat to people. from China in 2014 and have been detected. Spotted lanternflies first arrived in the U.S. In the case of larvae, scrape the eggs into a bag of hand sanitizer and seal it tightly before throwing it away. Researchers are enlisting man's best friend in the fight against an invasive insect. Scientists are now working to find an enemy to kill the lanternfly that is also safe to bring to the U.S., but in the meantime, there are ways people can help fight the invasive species. In 2014 it was found in Pennsylvania, and has since spread to multiple counties which are now quarantined. Spotting the signs of lanternflies is just the first step, though. The Spotted Lanternfly is an invasive species native to Asia. Lanternflies can have lasting ramifications on the agriculture industry if they are not contained and eradicated. "The spotted lanternfly are more of a concern from the perspective that they go after a large variety of hosts, so different types of tree species," Grieser explained. Jennifer Grieser, who works with Cleveland Metro Parks, says that lanternflies "create a big mess" because of the hosts it goes after. "And you drive off on vacation and now the eggs are somewhere where they haven’t been before." "A female could drop off of a plant and lay its eggs on the underside of your RV," Willis said.
Early detection is key in combating the spread of spotted lanternflies, so researchers are. 18, it's been spotted across the country in Massachusetts, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut, Virginia, New York, Ohio, North Carolina, West Virginia, Indiana and Michigan, according to IPM.ĭespite this movement, lanternflies are not great flyers, but they find ways to reach new destinations. Teams at Virginia Tech and Texas Tech have turned to dogs for a natural - and effective - solution. The plant-hopping parasitoid is native to China and Southeastern Asia, and it was first discovered in the United States in Pennsylvania in 2014. Spotted Lanternfly (Getty Images/iStockphoto) Where do lanternflies come from, and how do they travel?
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