If you find an animal on tape, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REMOVE IT. Cut the tape from the tree and apply paper towel to the rest of the exposed tape so the animal does not get further attached.
Spotted Lanternfly Tape Harms Wildlife
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Lanternfly tape has a devastating affect on wildlife (birds, bats, flying squirrels, etc.). If you find an animal on tape, do not attempt to remove it. Cut the tape from the tree and apply paper towel to the rest of the exposed tape so the animal does not get further attached. Place the animal, tape, and all in a cardboard box and bring it to us.
If you insist on using sticky tape, wrap it with hardware cloth to prevent harming other wildlife. See our feature on primetime news about lanternflies and wildlife (below) and a video we created about our solution (bottom).
See us on Fox29
Lanternfly Paper Redux
Yet another spotted lanternfly paper victim--this time a red-tailed hawk, probably stuck because it was trying to get at another animal that was also already stuck, so the damage is compounded. This bird had the paper on it for a long time and was unable to fly and was slowly starving to death, so our first priority before removing the paper is to stabilize the animal and get its strength back.
Our Feature: 6abc
Our Education and Executive Directors explain the greater impact of spotted lanternfly remediation efforts.
Infamous Spotted Lanternfly
Many admissions this season result from unintended consequences of spotted lanternfly eradication products. Many products kill indiscriminately causing undue harm to wildlife that call our communities home. One such product, sticky tape, ensnares birds, flying squirrels and other animals in a particularly painful way. Our resident expert, Michele Wellard, was interviewed by KYW on the topic. Take a listen, below.
