We sent an invasive species overseas!

[bulletbob]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/invasive-...111159362.html

Blue Crabs in France where they won't eat them,, wtf?
They like eels better I guess..
Normally, I would feel bad and say we should have been more careful, but I just came back from cayuga lake,, It has been absolutely destroyed by invasives from the ballast water from European Ships.. Lake is loaded with Zebra Mussels, Quaga Mussles, Asian Clam,Spiny Fleas, Round Gobies..

The sunfish, rock bass, perch etc we used to catch with worms and bobbers are gone.. The only thing that a kid can catch from shore there these days, is Gobies.. Everything else is gone.. Bass that survive the onslaught of the Goby nest raiding get big but are tough to catch, because all they will eat are Gobies.

Caught a few nice bass using them for bait... You can no longer fish Cayuga with any type of natural bait other than large minnows as it is instantly swarmed by hundreds of those ugly little monsters.. So yeah, we sent Blueclaws over to compensate for the utter destruction Euro invasives wreaked on our big lakes.. Somehow I think maybe we got the worst of the deal... bob

[AndyS]

What we are doing as humans: we are homogenizing the earth. We are picking things up and moving them all over the place. I think California is up to 167 invasive species now. Look at Snakeheads, no way those fish would have been able to swim thousands of miles from their original homes, we moved them in a few years. I'm always amazed at Mother Nature because there is no excess, so everything balances out. Throw humans into the mix picking up things and putting them down it's thrown the whole system out of whack, it was bound to happen. Look at the Spotted Lantern flies, another invasive story.

[june181901]

Lantern flies are here in NJ. My daughter-in-law killed two last night in Sea Bright and reported it to the appropriate state agency.

Originally Posted by AndyS

What we are doing as humans: we are homogenizing the earth. We are picking things up and moving them all over the place. I think California is up to 167 invasive species now. Look at Snakeheads, no way those fish would have been able to swim thousands of miles from their original homes, we moved them in a few years. I'm always amazed at Mother Nature because the is no excess, so everything balances out. Throw humans into the mix picking up things and putting them down it's thrown the whole system out of whack, it was bound to happen. Look at the Spotted Lantern flies, another invasive story.

Andy,

The spotted lantern fly is going to wreak havoc on the agricultural industry in this country. Pa was reportedly the entry point from China about 5 years ago and the population spread In Pa. is out of control. Warren and Hunterdon counties are two of maybe a dozen counties in NJ under quarantine, they're all over the place. Approximately 70 plants, trees and crops they focus on with Tree of Heaven, White Birch and vineyards being at the top of the list. They say they can destroy an entire vineyard in one year and they're heading into NY, not good. Couple pictures of adults locally.

[NJ219bands]

Originally Posted by june181901

Lantern flies are here in NJ. My daughter-in-law killed two last night in Sea Bright and reported it to the appropriate state agency.

Saw three different kinds in Carnegie Lake recently.
https://YouTube.be/UJgShoQcrrw.

[AndyS]

I remember when they said those Japanese beetles were going to devastate the agricultural interests in New Jersey, what happened, ?

Originally Posted by NJ219bands

Saw three different kinds in Carnegie Lake recently.
https://YouTube.be/UJgShoQcrrw.

Black is early nymph stage, red late nymph stage and then the adult which is what was on the trees.

Originally Posted by AndyS

I remember when they said those Japanese beetles were going to devastate the agricultural interests in New Jersey, what happened, ?

Have no idea, hope the experts are wrong but there's already been significant damage to vineyards in Pa. so time will tell. Either way, haven't come across anything that suggests states are close to stoping the spread or eradicating the problem.

[Flygaff]

I'm in middlesex. I see 40-50 a day in my yard

[Duffman]

Originally Posted by Flygaff

I'm in middlesex. I see 40-50 a day in my yard

Same here. Until this year I didn’t know what the hell a latern fly was. The blacktop out back of the shop is LOADED with em. By the 1,000’s. They hide in the shade beneath every piece of equipment we have. Fast as a MF too. Tough to stomp out.