Tag: spotted lanternfly
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Burlington County Commissioners call on residents to help ‘Beat the Bug’ by destroying spotted lanternfly egg masses
Burlington County is looking for a few good bug killers to enlist in the defense against the invasive spotted lanternfly. All it takes is a scraper, plastic zipper bags and some alcohol or hand sanitizer. The Burlington County Parks System and Rutgers Cooperative Extension began recruiting volunteers to remove egg masses from trees in county…
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Spotting the spotted lanternfly in Burlington County neighborhoods
By RYAN LAWRENCE The Sun Tony Gissi recently did some research and is pretty confident the oldest tree in the borough is the oak just outside his house. “The circumference is 16 feet, you take that and divide by pi and then, with (a white Oak), the growth factor is five, so you multiply by…
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State announces instructions for residents about spotted lanternfly
New Jersey Department of Agriculture Secretary Douglas Fisher has announced information and instructions for residents who encounter the spotted lanternfly as the department continues to receive calls about the exotic invasive insect. The department is partnering with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) to curb the ongoing spread of…
