Anyone in the mid Atlantic dealing with a spotted lantern fly infestation? They made it up through PA into NJ last summer and this summer we are overrun with nymphs turning into adults right now. These things love the pool and my external skimmer, pump skimmer basket and even filter are getting filled up with these bugs constantly. Many don’t even die when in the pump basket or in the filter! But the ones that do get ripped into shreds and there’s bug parts in everything. I’m washing the filter contantly (also due to my swamp outbreaks) but I’m curious if others are doing anything. I’m going to try a basket sock but any other thoughts?
Spotted Lanternflies and pool filters
- Thread starter Meepmeep
- Start date
- Jun 12, 2011
- 3,768
- Pool Size
- 19500
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pureline Crystal Pure 60,000
Line your skimmer baskets with hairnets. You can buy food service workers hairnets on Amazon for about $6 per 100.
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- Nov 30, 2019
- 868
- Pool Size
- 8500
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
We get flying ant invasions occasionally. Spray Suspend all around the pool and in the deck crack relief grooves. Have good results with that. Definitely skimmer socks.
Dude I think you just won the internet with that suggestion. Those are 1/100th the price of pool socks.Line your skimmer baskets with hairnets. You can buy food service workers hairnets on Amazon for about $6 per 100.
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I'm on my 3rd year with the same 100 pack!!!
Heavy use during spring-pollen, have to put a new one in every 2 days or so.
Rest of the year I need a new one every 2 weeks or so.
Heavy use during spring-pollen, have to put a new one in every 2 days or so.
Rest of the year I need a new one every 2 weeks or so.
I’m at 1 sock per day this week off the 10 pack I bought off Amazon. Those bugs are prolific. And these are still the nymphs… they are only about the size of a pencil eraser. when they are full grown they are the size of a large moth. Maybe 1/2 the size of a cicada.
Will definitely move to the hairnets as these aren’t going to last into next week.
Will definitely move to the hairnets as these aren’t going to last into next week.
- Jun 12, 2011
- 3,768
- Pool Size
- 19500
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pureline Crystal Pure 60,000
You may want the large economy size pack. (AKA Lifetime supply)
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Also do what you can to eliminate them on your property and itll pay off. We first got hit with slf in 2019 and sprayed the trees 2019 and 2020. We’ve had only a few nymphs on the property this year and are hoping we that we can be done spraying and tree banding will be enough.
they never overran our pool plumbing though
they never overran our pool plumbing though