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Otto_Harper

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2. I still remember the first season they appeared in Berks Co.

Reply to Probatim (Original post)

Mon Aug 21, 2023, 01:50 PM

Aug 2023

We got mailers that essentially said:
"These bugs are bad. we'd sure kill them if we wuz you. Please let us know how many you have killed."

That was the initial official effort to stop their spread. Now, they're everywhere.

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Spotted Lanternflies [View all] Probatim Aug 2023 OP

Have seen a few here in Northern Delaware, but you must be getting most of them Walleye Aug 2023 #1

I still remember the first season they appeared in Berks Co. Otto_Harper Aug 2023 #2

What is the bottom line problem MOMFUDSKI Aug 2023 #3

They pretty much kill all of the trees.. (NT) Otto_Harper Aug 2023 #5

went to Penn State ag progress days to ask about this, gfwzig Aug 2023 #4

Loads of them on my grape vines this year Quakerfriend Aug 2023 #6

I was hoping they could develop some variant on Bacillus Thuringiensis Otto_Harper Aug 2023 #7

Yes! Something like that would be perfect. Quakerfriend Aug 2023 #9

Got a load of them on Grant Street downtown Pittsburgh unweird Aug 2023 #8

I was seeing tons of them in early/mid June FakeNoose Aug 2023 #10

I read your post on that day - much more informative than my RFI. Probatim Aug 2023 #11

I remember first hearing about these back in 2019 BumRushDaShow Aug 2023 #12