Interesting. I’m seeing those little bastards all over mugwort and dog fennel lately though so there’s some natives that they like.
Infamous_Koala_3737
Wouldn’t it be awesome if planting more milkweed was the solution to the SLF problem?!
Peregrine_Perp
Interesting. Did you see any dead nymphs? The adults don’t eat, but I suppose it’s possible the toxin takes some time to kill them
PossibilityOrganic12
Hmm this is actually a hypothesis that got me into native plant gardening. I was researching natural ways to combat lantern flies that wouldn’t harm local wildlife since people had been putting tape on trees which would also catch local birds and pollinators. I read that ecologists had hoped that ignorant SLFs would eat the milkweed, and the toxic sap would kill them. But that research didn’t support this hypothesis. Who knows I guess the research is still ongoing!
Consistent-Course534
Can’t hurt!
simplsurvival
My dumb millennial ass read “Pacific south ass milkweed might kill self”
Please laugh, it’s late and I’m tired
IcyPurchase1237
well, that would be pretty fuckin crazy if milkweed is a solution. kill tree of heaven and plant milkweed? i like that. too bad really getting anything done would require a govt that functions, and unfortunately we arent in China.
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Interesting. I’m seeing those little bastards all over mugwort and dog fennel lately though so there’s some natives that they like.
Wouldn’t it be awesome if planting more milkweed was the solution to the SLF problem?!
Interesting. Did you see any dead nymphs? The adults don’t eat, but I suppose it’s possible the toxin takes some time to kill them
Hmm this is actually a hypothesis that got me into native plant gardening. I was researching natural ways to combat lantern flies that wouldn’t harm local wildlife since people had been putting tape on trees which would also catch local birds and pollinators. I read that ecologists had hoped that ignorant SLFs would eat the milkweed, and the toxic sap would kill them. But that research didn’t support this hypothesis. Who knows I guess the research is still ongoing!
Can’t hurt!
My dumb millennial ass read “Pacific south ass milkweed might kill self”
Please laugh, it’s late and I’m tired
well, that would be pretty fuckin crazy if milkweed is a solution. kill tree of heaven and plant milkweed? i like that. too bad really getting anything done would require a govt that functions, and unfortunately we arent in China.
edit: hold up, a quick search shows that this is already known! [link](https://search.brave.com/search?q=spotted+lantern+fly+%22milkweed%22)
apparently this is already known, which i did not know. [link](https://search.brave.com/search?q=spotted+lantern+fly+%22milkweed%22)
There has been some chatter about this, but currently there is no data to support it. https://www.psu.edu/news/impact/story/spotted-lanternfly-experts-debunk-myths-about-prodigious-pestilent-pest
More milkweed isnt a bad thing either way