| As fall and winter arrive, so do Spotted Lanternfly egg masses. During winter and early spring months, the best way to control future populations of the invasive insect is to destroy their egg masses before they hatch.
Spotted Lanternfly egg masses can be found on almost any surface, particularly near tree lines. The insect is notably clever in placing their egg masses on the undersides and protected spaces on trees and objects to protect them from the cold weather. Consider looking closely at the inner air spaces of pallets, the undersides of branches, in the grooves of thick tree bark, beneath picnic tables, and even on discarded trash like foam coolers or other litter found at the edges of tree lines. When freshly laid, egg masses appear as a smear of mud, varying in color from white to tan to grey. As they form and grow over winter, the eggs themselves will become more prominent, placed in rows that appear like corn-on-the-cob. |
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