I saw one or two nymphs skulking around my small group of potted roses last year, but after I got rid of them, never saw any more. I didn't notice any damage from them at the time.

This year, I haven't seen any nymphs or adults around the roses. This area (eastern PA) had a plague of lanternflies the last 2 years, but the numbers seem to be much less this year. It may be hard to tell for sure until fall weather, when the adults will be flying around. But I think the control efforts out here have made a big difference.

Good news, Steve, hope it stays that way for you. I've seen very few lantern flies this and last year, and none at all before last year, and currently no damage to my roses that I can tell. Their breeding season is at hand and I'll keep a lookout for egg masses....which I don't really expect to see, but who knows.

Moses

When I manually plucked Japanese beetles off of roses (it was worst in June and July) I would also get some of the Spotted Lanternfly nymphs to jump into my soapy cup "of death" too. Sometimes they would jump out and get away though. The last couple of weeks I've been squashing them whenever I've see them land.

They are surprisingly fast and alert!

Being another form of leafhopper, it's no wonder that they are!

Moses

I never made that connection before. That is what their movement reminds me of. Thanks!