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Delaware Scientists May Have A Spotted Lanternfly Solution

Summer is here and that means SPOTTED LANTERNFLIES!

Another few months of collecting the beautiful yet invasive species in order to save plants and trees.

The invasive species has been in our are for a decade already and it seems like the only solution to ridding our area of them is stepping on them or collecting them in a water bottle.

The spotted lanternfly is from parts of Asia and is non-native to Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. There are no natural predators in our are so they basically run unchecked.

According to CBS researchers from Delaware travelled to Asia and brought back some natural predators to the spotted lanternfly.

University of Delaware researchers have identified two tiny parasitic wasps that specifically seek out and attack adolescent lanternflies in their native country of China.

The first of these of these wasps is a small parasitic wasp that attacks lanternfly eggs, and the second is another parasitic wasp a little bit larger that attacks the younger nymphal stages after the eggs hatched.(CBS Philly)

Luckily these wasps do not sting humans! Researchers say that government approval for research on these parasites is years away so the solution isn’t immediate.

“Spotted lanternfly feeds on a wide range of fruit, ornamental and woody trees, with tree-of-heaven being one of the preferred hosts. Spotted lanternflies are invasive and can be spread long distances by people who move infested material or items containing egg masses. Juvenile spotted lanternflies, known as nymphs, and adults prefer to feed on the invasive tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima) but also feed on a wide range of crops and plants, including grapes, apples, hops, walnuts and hardwood trees” the US Department of Agriculture says.

Officials say you should try and destroy the spotted lanternfly if you do see it on your property.

Delaware Scientists May Have A Spotted Lanternfly Solution

12 Delaware Bugs That Will Creep You Out

Delaware isn’t necessarily known for creepy crawlers, huge bugs or scary animals. But, that doesn’t mean that these 12 Delaware Bugs That Will Creep You Out aren’t close by.

In a list put together by Only In Your State, you can take a look at what might be lurking in your bed sheets, in the corners of your house or underneath your deck out back.

Have we creeped you out yet? Haha. This list will give you serious chills and have you looking over your shoulder or feeling like your skin is crawling.

If you’re not a fan of the bug life, you may want to leave now. Consider yourself warned. But, if you’re ready, take a look at these 12 Delaware Bugs That Will Creep You Out!

Looking for more like this? Check out Delaware’s #1 Dreaded Pest. We also included Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland’s Most Dreaded Pests for all of our listeners in neighboring states.

1. Bed bugs
2. Pseudoscorpion
3. Centipede
4. Mole Cricket
It has wings and can fly, but insects living underground. It has a large hand to dig. Can eat it and it is protein food.It can swim on the surface.Sounding like crickets.Hands like a mole
5. Giant Water Bug
6. Spotted Camel Cricket
7. Northern Walking Stick
Walking stick, Phasmatodea. Insect photographed in their natural habitat
8. Earwig
9. Silverfish
Insect feeding on paper – silverfish. Pest books and newspapers.
10. Wheel Bug
Wild wheel bug, Arilus cristatus is a common, widely distributed, beneficial assassin bug that preys on pest insects – grey color red legs – crawling on wood fence post
11. American Cockroach
Adult American Cockroach of the species Periplaneta americana
12. Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
BMSB on wall, upside down. . It’s considered an invasive species, or a pest of foreign origin in North America. Selective focus.