Female spotted lanternflies have begun laying, and could do so all the way up to December.
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The spotted lanternfly, an invasive insect that has exploded in population in Greater Cleveland this year, is starting to do what most bugs do to ensure they stick around and annoy people for years to come.
The bug’s dining habits can weaken vines and reduce yields, but perhaps more importantly the sugary secretions they produce can spoil grapes, according to Jonathan Shields, agriculture inspection manager with the Ohio Department of Agriculture. Overall, sightings of the spotted lanternfly, which has black spots on its gray forewings and red hindwings, have gone way up in the Cleveland area this year, Hausman said, and there’s likely to be even more growth next year as new populations hatch.Locally, lanternflies have been reported in 13 Metroparks reservations, most notably Garfield Park Reservation, Brookside Reservation and the Ohio & Erie Canal Reservation, Hausman said.
That suggests the lanternflies were brought there on a vehicle, Hausman said, which is why people should check their cars and trucks for lanternflies when they go from an area of high infestation to a place where not many are found., have been under quarantine, which doesn’t mean much to the average person, but requires nurseries, garden centers and firms that transport plant products to take precautions to reduce the spread of the bugs to unaffected areas.
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