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FakeNoose

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3. I thought so too, but suddenly now they're everywhere in Allegheny County

Reply to IbogaProject (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 31, 2024, 01:58 PM

Oct 31

I think our warm fall weather is extending their season.

I remember couple of years ago, I first saw them in late spring. I mistook them for ladybugs, but then I realized they were SLFs that weren't fully grown. I started stamping on them everywhere. But of course, nothing stops them. Only a hard, cold winter might do them in.

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Nobody has posted about our old nemesis, the spotted lanternflies for a while [View all] FakeNoose Oct 31 OP

Plenty in Northern VA LoCo Cat Lady Oct 31 #1

The outbreak crested in Pennsylvania IbogaProject Oct 31 #2

I thought so too, but suddenly now they're everywhere in Allegheny County FakeNoose Oct 31 #3

--- and the Ash Beetle... Plus a new fungus or something is killing Beech trees. 3Hotdogs Oct 31 #4

I've got some kind of lichen mold on my spruce trees, and it's slowly killing them FakeNoose Oct 31 #5

It may be too late. But call your local cooperative extension for Dept. of Ag. Some are associated with universities. 3Hotdogs Oct 31 #6