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Sea-Operation7215 t1_j68cu8d wrote

The allegheny river trail in Pittsburgh had tons of lantern flies this past season between the 16th street bridge and the Rachel carson bridge. I assume there are hundreds of egg sacks in the trees there now, based on my number of daily kills and the train tracks nearby.

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HoneyAndMyco OP t1_j68d9h3 wrote

Thanks for the info. Can anyone else confirm that there are in fact lots of egg masses there, I’m planning on taking a two day trip to PA to collect them and want to make the most of collecting

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cryptoplasm t1_j68jqtg wrote

Take a trip right up the hill to Emerald View Park afterwards, tons of Tree of Heaven plants up there this past summer. The park has a diversity of trees that will make spotting egg clumps on the bark a little easier.

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Nebula_stopthewar t1_j6bg0tf wrote

Frick Park in Pittsburgh also has tons of egg masses. However, our city park rangers hold lots of egg smashing events. The Pittsburgh Park Rangers (@pghparkrangers) are pretty active on instagram, you could dm them and see if they know of some specific parts/trails that would be good spots to check.

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IamSauerKraut t1_j68oj7e wrote

Make sure you hit up the farms in northern Berks and the orchards in Adams County. Peters Orchard on Rt 94 just east of Gettysburg (b/w Mt Holly Springs and York Springs) is a good place to start.

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anonymous_scrub t1_j69aaml wrote

The Pittsburgh Airport had quite the infestation. USDA came on-site to spray the trees. Apparently we had quite a few trees that were targets for them.

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dietchlicious t1_j68flcc wrote

The bike trail in the Southside, too. I work at the Southside Marina, and it was pretty insane for a few weeks. As I was taking them out by the hundreds, I'd look up and down the river, and imagine how many there would be in the spots that didn't have a me to spend whole days hunting them.

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NotNowDamo t1_j6b5jlp wrote

Little bit of irony that they would be so near a bridge named after Rachel Carson.

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