Butterflies are better than spiders. I can live with the praying mantis.
Nice now someone needs to find one of these. Apparently it's in my area now, so I'm on the look out.Red-headed ash borer (Neoclytus acuminatus)
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Dead-red-headed ash borer
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And here's a wasp they are mimicry'ing, I think...Red-headed ash borer (Neoclytus acuminatus)
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Dead-red-headed ash borer
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From what I've heard I think your supposed to up fire about now. Do you have a grenade or a flame thrower?We got plenty in larval stage...
Napalm nice. I like the way you think.Well, it's the 3rd year we have them around. Last year wasn't too bad, because we had a cold snap right before Thanksgiving, but this year it looks worse. Winter was really mild and there is lots of them around. With them you need the scorched land tactics, but there would be nothing left afterwards...
Oh well, the house burned down, but we don't have bedbugs anymore...
They are horrible...
Well, nothing really works on them... they just jump away. There is a lot of them on our grapes, but they don't seem to make any damage. In the woods we they are favoring their compatriots, chinese elms, and black walnuts. Trees and everything under them becomes covered in sooty mold from their exudations. Wasn't there a talk about importing some parasitic wasps from China?Napalm nice. I like the way you think.It sounds like they eat everything like most pests, the Japanese beetles are still giving me fits so yet another invasive insect to put on the list. I'll squish em if I see em
Good for the grapes! You make wine? I didn't hear about the importing wasps, but it certainly sounds like it would help a little. I wonder if some good old American tachinid flies will attack the Lanternfly?Well, nothing really works on them... they just jump away. There is a lot of them on our grapes, but they don't seem to make any damage. In the woods we they are favoring their compatriots, chinese elms, and black walnuts. Trees and everything under them becomes covered in sooty mold from their exudations. Wasn't there a talk about importing some parasitic wasps from China?
We make a little bit of wine. Not really worth the trouble...Good for the grapes! You make wine? I didn't hear about the importing wasps, but it certainly sounds like it would help a little. I wonder if some good old American tachinid flies will attack the Lanternfly?![]()
Here's a completely unrelated picture of an ant at work.
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