Spotted Lanternflies

Lycorma delicatula

The red-winged invader NYC asks everyone to stomp, and the sticky mess it leaves on trees, walls and patios.

When they're worstAdults from July to the first hard frost. Egg masses fall through spring.

Where they thriveTree of heaven above all, plus maples, grapevines and street trees.

Where they come from

Native to China. First found in the US in Pennsylvania in 2014; first confirmed in NYC in 2020.

Tree of heaven above all, plus maples, grapevines and street trees. Egg masses on any flat surface.

Plant hoppers that suck sap and drip sticky honeydew that grows black mold. They do not bite.

NYC Parks asked residents to squash them on sight. Adults swarm July to December.

How we get rid of them

Scrape egg masses in fall and winter, circle traps on trees, remove tree of heaven, targeted treatment.

The tree in 'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn' is a tree of heaven, the lanternfly's favorite food.

The roach that lives indoors, breeds fastest, and causes most commercial kitchen infestations.

The big reddish roach New Yorkers call a palmetto bug, coming up from drains and basements on hot nights.

What New Yorkers call a waterbug is almost always the Oriental cockroach, a dark roach that loves damp basements.

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