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Pennsylvania

LoCo Cat Lady

(67 posts)

1. Plenty in Northern VA

Reply to FakeNoose (Original post)

Thu Oct 31, 2024, 01:24 PM

Oct 31

I just started killing them in October. I was walking in downtown Leesburg, VA and they were everywhere. Then visited Carlisle, PA a few weeks back and it was insane. They kept landing on me while I was sitting outside. I feel bad for squashing but they are insanely invasive and Loudoun County's grape and hops growers are getting hammered by them. (Yes, they are pretty.)

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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