……………………….The DREADED SPOTTED LANTERN BUGS are BACK!!!!!!…..That picture is magnified a lot….Right now the ones I have seen, and there have been a lot of them, are about the size of my pinky nail….but they will grow to about 1 inch and larger….I assume since they are so small they just hatched!…..They have RED beady eyes, and when they open their wings the mature ones are RED underneath….truly disgusting!!!…They say to kill them on sight, but they are VERY QUICK, and JUMP!!!! ICK!!!…..It’s time for me to get out my spray bottle with hot water and Joy dish soap….That’s the only thing I have found that kills them instantly…I did get a recommended pesticide on Amazon, but it doesn’t do the same job my Joy does. When I spay them they just fall to the ground!!…but last summer there were hundreds of them!!! That’s not an exaggeration…Supposedly they can lay 40,000 eggs in a summer, and probably more since there are so many of them….The pest control company I use has no solution….I told them they better find one or I’m using another company!!!…The young man I spoke to was in Colorado, and hadn’t heard of them!!?? so I had to educate him and had him google them while we were on the phone…He was shocked…..We found out that so far they have gone as far west as Illinois, but I assured him that since we discovered there are many species of trees in his area that these bugs like….they will be there…..it’s just a matter of time before they invade……He said he would speak to his boss, but I haven’t heard back….I can see it’s going to be a fun summer with these damn bugs!!!!
We have them as well in Huntington NY. We thought they were jumping spiders, but I remembered that you had a bug problem, and these look similar to yours. We will buy some neem oil and try your warm water and Joy. They are in our euonymus bushes so far. And, jumping in and out of the pool. Gross!
Will report back. Thanks for the alert, Louis.
Ick! I hate bugs. Good luck to you and your neighbors.
These insects sound horrible! Sorry to hear that you are besieged by them. Those containers coming on the ships from Asia are bringing us more than the goods we desire! Thanks for the Joy and hot water spray plan of attack, Louis.