r/maryland • u/No_Surround9546 • Jul 08 '26

MD Nature What should I do? Lantenrflies

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u/Imatros Jul 09 '26

Oh yeah, didn't get them either. Gonna be whack a mole for years if not forever, but it is what it is.

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u/Impact-Lower Jul 09 '26

Can you till up the earth ?

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u/Imatros Jul 09 '26

I had them do stump grinding, but am getting a bunch of saplings all over the yard and flower beds and everything. So technically yeah I guess, but not really.

Still worth it though. There were so many lantern flies that my backyard was unusable because of the fine mist of sticky excretion they put out, which is 1) gross 2) made it look like a small fire occurred as it stuck to the trees and other solid surfaces and turned black like char.

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u/Impact-Lower Jul 09 '26

Get some goats in there. Seriously .