LibertyBell Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 9 hours ago, Rjay said: No need to ignore people who are no longer with us. He had the opportunity to share his thoughts in OT. He didn't like the some of the responses he was getting which led him to start tossing out slurs and threats. The problem with OT is, there's a lot of arguing and name calling that goes on there. It feels very jarring to be in there lol. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 Please post vaccine crap in OT 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 1 hour ago, LibertyBell said: The problem with OT is, there's a lot of arguing and name calling that goes on there. It feels very jarring to be in there lol. Weather Fight Club. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 Holy shit. 10 hours ago, Rjay said: Please post vaccine crap in OT 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rclab Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 1 hour ago, BxEngine said: Holy shit. Good morning BxE. Your post seems to validate the point that any one or thing is capable of redemption. Otherwise to OT. As always …. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmillz25 Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 Wait someone came for rclab? Oh nah I wish I would have seen that sooner he would have been extra mad lol. Rclab you’re the man keep posting like you do f that 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycwinter Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 i hope this week is the last week until next spring of warm muggy weather.. after a few beautiful days the humidity is back today ugg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkyfork Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 11 minutes ago, nycwinter said: i hope this week is the last week until next spring of warm muggy weather.. after a few beautiful days the humidity is back today ugg. six more weeks of summer 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 35 minutes ago, forkyfork said: six more weeks of summer Do we dare ask what kind of varmint we learned this from? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycwinter Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 1 hour ago, forkyfork said: six more weeks of summer this is nyc not dallas.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkyfork Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 2 hours ago, IrishRob17 said: Do we dare ask what kind of varmint we learned this from? every time he says we're done with heat we get six more weeks of it 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rclab Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 1 hour ago, forkyfork said: every time he says we're done with heat we get six more weeks of it Good evening forky. Snuggled into the sub tropic UHI bastion on the coastal plain. Six more weeks sorta makes sense. As always ….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 I am among friends so I feel safe in confessing I HAVE in fact killed a few lantern flies. Doing my civic duty! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 30 minutes ago, Maureen said: I am among friends so I feel safe in confessing I HAVE in fact killed a few lantern flies. Doing my civic duty! there's been a few spotted here. They are slowing making their way up I-95 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Still never seen one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkyfork Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 nj is infested 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 1 hour ago, forkyfork said: nj is infested Nj is infested w lots of stuff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 2 hours ago, Rjay said: Still never seen one. They are just starting to make into western Nassau. I have found a few on the UWS. They are bad news. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etudiant Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Will - Rutgers said: oh, you will. i'm not really sure what is supposed to stop their march north. tree-of-heaven can be found throughout SNE and it's not like our climate is that different. there's no natural predators yet. they are an amazingly prolific bug when they get a foothold. Think most bugs are that way, amazingly prolific. The trick is to find their natural predator and take it in simultaneously. The problem is when the 'natural predator' finds some hugely more attractive local prey species. Then you have both the new pest and the new unchecked predator. Look up mongoose and tree rats in Hawaii for a cautionary tale. I won't go to Australia and cane toads, because Australia has absolutely the worlds record for incompetent biological management. Their efforts there are unblemished by success afaik. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 On 9/12/2021 at 7:26 PM, forkyfork said: six more weeks of summer 23 hours ago, IrishRob17 said: Do we dare ask what kind of varmint we learned this from? It looks kinda like the grinch but wearing a sombrero and a hawaiian shirt with a few strings of Mardi Gras beads. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 6 hours ago, Will - Rutgers said: oh, you will. i'm not really sure what is supposed to stop their march north. tree-of-heaven can be found throughout SNE and it's not like our climate is that different. there's no natural predators yet. they are an amazingly prolific bug when they get a foothold. we need to have helicopters start spraying insecticides around here. I dont know what they're waiting for, these things aren't going away on their own! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPizz Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 15 hours ago, Will - Rutgers said: oh, you will. i'm not really sure what is supposed to stop their march north. tree-of-heaven can be found throughout SNE and it's not like our climate is that different. there's no natural predators yet. they are an amazingly prolific bug when they get a foothold. Have 2 of those trees on my property. I'll probably need to take them down in the spring. They are caked with lantern flies and are slowly dying. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan76 Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 RIP Norm Macdonald 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doncat Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Dan76 said: RIP Norm Macdonald Wow sad...I've been watching some of his routines lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 8 hours ago, FPizz said: Have 2 of those trees on my property. I'll probably need to take them down in the spring. They are caked with lantern flies and are slowly dying. cant spray anything on them to kill these pests en masse? I'd look for the strongest available pesticide and douse them with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etudiant Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 56 minutes ago, LibertyBell said: cant spray anything on them to kill these pests en masse? I'd look for the strongest available pesticide and douse them with it Better option would be to find a bug or bird that really relishes Lantern Flies. That has minimal side effects and is pretty much self regulating, Maybe China would sell it to us cheap, seen that they gave us the Lantern Fly and the Emerald Ash Borer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 1 hour ago, etudiant said: Better option would be to find a bug or bird that really relishes Lantern Flies. That has minimal side effects and is pretty much self regulating, Maybe China would sell it to us cheap, seen that they gave us the Lantern Fly and the Emerald Ash Borer. I wonder who their main predators are. Seems like our fauna is just as shocked to see them as we are. Fortunately they haven't made it to Long Island yet but I guess it's just a matter of time. We have these on the east coast and those monstrous murder hornets on the west coast. I wonder what's next? FWIW those murder hornets look so artificial that it makes me wonder if THEY were created in a lab lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albedoman Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 4 hours ago, LibertyBell said: cant spray anything on them to kill these pests en masse? I'd look for the strongest available pesticide and douse them with it this will do it. Kills them within a few days. Best stuff to use. https://www.domyown.com/bifen-xts-p-1236.html 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 4 hours ago, Will - Rutgers said: the problem is in the very nature of generalist and specialist predators. generalist predators, like spiders, mantids, will kill and eat this bug, like they kill and eat many bugs, but they don't seek it out or have an evolutionary niche in killing it, and so are not particularly effective at control, especially against the kind of population density the lanternfly can accomplish. chickens are also generalist predators but can eat much more than a typical density of insect predators, and can better locally control lanternflies. specialist predators, that might hunt a specific species basically exclusively and control it, aren't here for the lanternfly because of course the lanternfly is not only unknown to the northeast but has poor analogues in the animal kingdom for other insects that are here. around the world there any many specific species or genera of insects which are controlled by one specific wasp species. wasps are like antibodies in the insect world. there is a wasp species Anastatus orientalis which is under investigation because it parasitizes the spotted lanternfly with, apparently, a high specificity. This would be an exotic species of wasp not native to our area? Let's hope introducing it here does not cause unforeseen side effects (as has happened before.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycwinter Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 a truly unbearable sweltering summer day for sept 15... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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