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Post by rovingreporter on Dec 27, 2015 23:28:37 GMT
Unless you live in an area that has been invaded by stink bugs you could never imagine what annoying insects they are. Bad enough they eat crops, vegetable gardens, fruits from the orchard. .. but when the weather cools and these sources of food are gone they move to any location where they can curl up in shelter. Under the hoods of automobiles, in the glove compartments, inside the window cavities for example. Indoors they climb into pockets of clothing, hide in the folds of draperies, cluster on the backs of photos on the wall. They fill up the shades covering light bulbs. They come in the hundreds and maybe thousands depending on climate and season. And they leave nasty brown splotches everywhere!. Flies are just as nasty but they are easy to eliminate until the next bunch arrive. Stinkbugs are almost a one-at-a-time bug. UGH. Awful things Right on the heels of stink bugs, Lancaster Farming paper has an article that "the invasive spotted lanternfly was detected last year in eastern PA and farmers are already being warned as far away as California to be prepared for the arrival. "The colorful, inch long insect can be enormously destructive to crops, timber and ornamental plants. Some of it's hosts are grapes, peaches, apples, dogwood, maples, walnut, oak and pines. Last year, authorities in Berks County PA, quarantined five townships and issued an alert document for help from people to identify the pest. Currently is seems it has only been found in a small area of PA. Quarantine is a pretty strong act however. Well, if we must have them and there is no avoiding it. . . . please Mother Nature, could you manage it so they eat or otherwise murder the stinkbugs?  Judy Attachments:
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Post by wvdexters on Dec 28, 2015 1:51:30 GMT
This is the first I've heard of this one. Definitely not good news.
A few months ago I read about a new soybean pest coming up from the southern states. It was brought in through imports. I can't remember the name, but it is supposed to be devastating to the crop.
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Post by genebo on Dec 28, 2015 3:42:38 GMT
Judy, you were right on when you warned us about the stink bugs. I bought a trailer that came from Pennsylvania and it was full of stink bugs. We shut it up and set off bug bombs. we swept and vacuumed stink bugs until we thought the trailer was clean. Yet each spring, when we opened the trailer, we gathered a few more dead stink bugs. I don't know how they continued to hatch, but they did.
Our County Agent sent us a warning about the stink bugs. The told about how rough they could be on soy beans. That could be the pest that you heard about, Karrie, but I thought they came down from the north.
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Post by Blessings Farms on Dec 28, 2015 21:57:32 GMT
Is it just Nancy and I or does it seem we being invaded from all
directions by our importing and open door policies .
Three years ago will camping in mid. Kentucky they already had Ash ,
Oak and Hickory on their quarintine lists .
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Post by rilie on Dec 29, 2015 14:06:33 GMT
Actually, most invasives came to the U.S. in the 1800s before gov't agencies started trying to stop them. The bane of my existence right now is Tree of Heaven, it's everywhere on the farm we bought last summer, harder than heck to kill and grows almost as fast as bamboo. It's all over the U.S. because in the old days the Chinese used the seed pods to cushion boxes of Chinaware, when they got here the seedpods were thrown into the backyard...
The reason your wood was restricted in parks was probably due to gypsy moth. These damn things that have devastated millions of acres of trees were brought in by a budding capitalist in 1868 to try to make silk.
My wife is a certified Master Gardener and works on invasive issues in Maryland. We really take them seriously as invasives not only harm native species (important in itself) they also effect our grazing plans as they can crowd out beneficials and create a monoculture.
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Post by jamshundred on Dec 29, 2015 14:34:08 GMT
I had never heard of this invasive plant! So, I did what is now an automatic action and "googled" wondering why "I" hadn't been struggling with them too! Then realized it is what I always knew as "sumac", and yes they are annoying! LOl. The darn things practically grow up in the middle of concrete.
Judy
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Post by lonecowhand on Dec 29, 2015 18:20:10 GMT
I hadn't heard of the lanternfly yet, you guys can keep it!
We are at war with the Chinese Tree Of Heaven, it differs from real American Sumac in its invasiveness and size. We have no Sumac out here in California. The Tree of Heaven,(which name we disagree with) is a very large,(50 ft) fast growing tree that has winged pale green seeds, and can easily start in the expansion joint of a concrete sidewalk or cracked asphalt, and is everywhere.
The young Tree of Heaven are nearly indistinguishable from Sumac until fall, when Sumac develops a beautiful crimson leaf. The seeds of Sumac are a panicle of round dark fuzzy berries, which are edible as spice or tea. The Sumac multiplies over time into a grove rarely exceeding 15 feet tall. It is not invasive and makes a nice landscape plant for large spreads.
Tree of Heaven, (Ailanthus altissima) is unrelated to American Sumac (Rhus glabra, or aromatica) Surprizingly, the crushed leaves stink as well as look the same, and are unpalatable. I doubt cattle would more than taste either one.
More than you wanted to know, but don't kill the wrong plant by mistake!
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Post by wvdexters on Dec 30, 2015 0:45:56 GMT
Yes, we have stinkbugs here too. They're everywhere.
Gene, I googled the pest, possibly the Kudzu bug, but I can't really remember.
I get a lot of gardening catalogs, and I've seen that "tree of heaven" for sale before. Definitely not to order!!
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