A Tree of Heaven (Alianthus) with two rows of insect shield tape. The black dots on the white tape are all Spotted Lanternfly nymphs. Gaudy Spotted Lanternflies go through several life stages (or instars) before becoming the flying pests we know so well. June and July is the perfect time to use special insect shield tape to capture and kill them in their nymph stage, before they can become voracious adults. The first three stages (or instars) of the life cycle of Spotted La

After lower numbers in 2024, Spotted Lantern Flies have come roaring back. The SMPollinators have two strategies for diminishing their...

Yikes, there’s a new plant disease in South Midwood! Fortunately the fix is pretty easy in this case. Aster Yellows is a plant disease...

It's September in Brooklyn and that means Spotted Lanternflies are beginning to create egg nests. Thankfully, this makes these invasive...

I credit those unblemished kale leaves to the adhesive copper tape my genius partner added on the wooden edge of all my raised vegetable...