I would love to plant hops next season, but my area is completely overrun with lantern flies. They are very picky in which plants they target, but I cannot find nay info on their like/dislike of hop plants. Any insight HBtalk?
Hops and Lantern Flies
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@Airborneguy I called my local agricultural extension office (through Rutgers University) and asked them. I was told hops are "like candy" to lantern flies.
They provided me the below link from Penn State for resources on how to control them.
Spotted Lanternfly Management Resources
They provided me the below link from Penn State for resources on how to control them.
Spotted Lanternfly Management Resources
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Crap. I figured though. I hate them with all my heart. Thank you for the link.
My hops had a lot of lantern fly nymphs on them last year. The plant wasn't healthy to begin with and I'm sure that didn't help.
Survival and development of Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) on common secondary host plants differ by life stage under controlled conditions
Host range assessment for emerging invasive insects is a vital step toward fully defining the issues the insect may pose. Spotted lanternfly (SLF) is an invasive species that is rapidly expanding its presence in the United States. The primary hosts facilitating this spread are tree of heaven, a...
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I cut down 5-6 Trees of Heaven in my yard and the woods right over my back fence. It helped a bit, but they are still a plague.
One more thing we can thank China for.
kumah
currently obsessing over plant diseases
I posted on another thread about lanternflies here, but the short end of it is there are a few products out there that are a spore suspension of a fungus known to infect lanternflies. You can also purchase a spore suspension combined with pyrethrin. This could help you knock down their population a bit, but as with most pest insects, managing their population and minimizing their damage is usually the best case scenario.
