Dani's Bees

09/20/2023

Katydid on my porch skeleton 🦗

09/19/2023

09/16/2023

👮‍♀️ Wanted Dead: Spotted Lanternfly 🐞

Spotted Lanternfly: If you see it👀, take a picture📷, stomp it🦵, and report it📝❗️
🐞 Ohio Plant Pest Reporter - https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/1b36dd2cf09e4be0a79776a6104ce1dc

👩‍🌾The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) is requesting that if you see one of these bugs to take a picture of it, stomp it, and report it. Spotted lanternfly (SLF) infestations are on the rise. The public plays an important role in detecting this insect. In late summer and into fall, spotted lanternflies are in their adult stage. They are approximately one inch, with black bodies and colorful red and grey wings with black markings. They will lay eggs (small, grey masses covered by a waxy covering) beginning in October.

👩‍🏫 The spotted lanternfly is an insect native to Asia and first arrived in the U.S. in 2014. It is a pest of grapes, hops, and apples, along with many other species of plants. This pest is a great concern to the grape and wine industry, which contributes more than $6 billion dollars in economic activity to the state yearly. This is in addition the damage they cause to native plants. An invasive tree known as tree of heaven is the primary host for spotted lanternfly.

https://agri.ohio.gov/home/news-and-events/all-news/spotted-lanternfly-continues-to-spread-across-ohio

📰 https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/08/tree-of-heaven-and-spotted-lanternfly-are-a-one-two-punch-threatening-northeast-ohio-gardens.html

09/11/2023

09/05/2023

It's too hot out....

06/07/2023

Is anyone else finding these odd little bugs crawling around outside?

They are ladybug larva! 🐞 How cool is that!?!?

Ladybugs are a great natural pest control. They eat aphids, mealy bugs, mites, and other pests.

05/23/2023

Findings might help scientists design artificial pollinators

04/21/2023

I just got this bee hotel from Lowes for $10 earlier this week and there are already so many solitary bees using it!!

Support the bees in your area with a bee hotel!