Teen's clever trap for spotted lanternflies
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- Original airdate: 9/24/2019 | We stomp them, and spray them, but a Montgomery County teen might have a better plan for getting rid of those nasty spotted lanternflies.
Rachel Bergey, 14, started caring because they were hogging up the tree she likes to climb.
Then she found out she might not ever be able to climb her tree anymore if the spotted lanternfly did it what it does and kills trees.
So she got to work. When the bugs start crawling up the tree they hit the foil ring. They die about 24 hours later. She killed 1,200 of them in two weeks with just two traps.
Bergey is headed to Washington D.C. next month. She's one of 30 middle schoolers competing in a national science competition.
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She won first place in the national invention convention. I love her. (Hate the dreaded lanternfly.)
So who will actually build these and sell them
@@Maxim.Teleguz Anyone who wants to. It's literally a net and tin foil, you can make them for practically nothing.
This is terrific! Good job. Nice girl. 💛
@@Maxim.Teleguz It is a science fair, not a most lucrative tech fair.
@@Maxim.Teleguz dude saw egg drop and thought space race😂
she's in my co-op for school! I didn't realize this was her science fair project.... GOOD JOB RACHEL!
Can you ask rachel for an instructional video on how to make this trap
You should tell her to patent that design immediately!!! Truly impressed and she just saved my maples in my back yard.
Did she come in first place?!
Great job Rachel 🤘🤘🤘
If that's even remotely true what place did she get in? And is there a video on how to make it?
What a brilliant young lady. I hope she goes far in science.
This is what education does for you, let's keep school safe for the kids, who knows where the next genius will come from,
Bravo! Young lady.
It's simply common sense, and the trap is similar to what hundreds of other people came up with.
Yet schools doesn’t teach us this . School doesn’t teach true knowledge like this . She learned this on her own .
If this is the best we are screwed
I live in the county over, the schools are becoming... questionable.
She's doing a great job though!😎
We implemented your method and are seeing the same results!
You go girl!
You should pay her.
Uh hmm cash please 💰:)
She patented it. Pay up
You go girl? Is this the early 2000's? 😂
@@ronbrown8611 wtf no.
This girl aint on tiktok or into any social media. She just outdoor climbing trees! Humanity still has a chance after all!!!
Thanks to her parents no doubt, more parents could do it!
If only we could get all kids to do this. Good for her. I’m sure we will see more of her in the future.
She’s not even my kid and I’m so proud of her I could cry. Amazing!
I actually did tear up a little!
Kids are this brilliant if they have a playground and timr to themselves. Thid is why raising a kid in an apartment is the worst idea
No pesticides, excellent. All natural and very effective. Kudos to her.
natural tin foil and plastic net?
@@Juksemakeren natural as in tin foil and plastic net are both removable, and reusable. So there's no potential harm to the tree, and no need to squish the bugs since that's a lot of work (can't stop to squish and then clean every bug).
So yeah, it's far more natural a way to kill them than pesticides.
@@mallk238 Maybe "nonintrusive" is the word you're looking for?
@@Juksemakeren considering it wasn't my words to begin with and I was just elaborating on what the other person said? No.
@@Juksemakerenmaybe you could share your idea
So, this girl's behavioral observational skills and ability to use those observations toward a desired utility (like killing mass numbers of bugs with no chemicals) is incredible. I can see her making quite the name for herself as her interests expand with age.
if it does
Or she makes an OnlyFans and makes 10x the money a scientist could make in a year. Welcome to 2023.
Just make sure you never make her mad 😂😂😂
@@glemmstengal One of the creepiest comments I've ever seen on RUclips
@@glemmstengalokay why would you say that
Who would win:
Hordes of tree killing lanternfly
Or one angry tree climber?
Necessity and being totally pissed are the mother and father of invention!
@@jemmerllast8492 honestly being lazy is the father of invention lol...
Most inventions are designed to make things easier
@@helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316 Fair! Mother, father, and crazy uncle, perhaps? XD
@@jemmerllast8492 I think being lazy, having a necessity or being pissed off can all be a father, mother uncle triangle of invention lmao
😂 she literally invented an ingenious and efficient killing apparatus and made a breakthrough discover that could save entire forests on earth all so she could climb a tree
Meanwhile the Department of Agriculture after spending 15 million dollars, is still trying to come up with an answer...
20 million*
Lol makes you wonder where these things really came from suddenly after 100’s of years of trade with China .prolly more like 1000’s
Intended diversion
@Ken Fullman prolly cause they want to waste 15 million first paying their buddies to waste money before using a simple solution...
Not sure what they are funding, but it could be something that finally kills them off like a targeted fungus or breeding of genetic modified lanternfly that will have non-viable babies. Something like that is needed to fix this permanently. Not everyone is going to make these traps, so there will always be more lanternflies living on those properties, and in the woods, too. The traps definitely work great though, and are extremely cheap.
Shes got good parents too.
they cared enough about their child to help send them to the capitol, get in touch with news teams and help create a device. Great family.
What kind of person would dislike this video. This girl is awesome.
The government
Those who fight for the rights of Spotted Lantern Flies! Spotted Lantern Flies of the world unite!
People who think joe biden isnt a pedo booger eating compulsive liar and.crooks despite.49 years of it and PUBLICALLY admitting it
@@masquedebe713 SLFLM
I was wondering the same thing.
God bless this girl for climbing a tree like a kid should, enjoying the outdoors. And not to mention your exceptional creativity for making that trap👍🏼😎
That's what you'll get in a small town. Productivity not like them kids from the big cities
@@jonboi2527 Yeah. Sure, sure. Nobody from a big city ever accomplishes anything. We just wander around in aimless, random circles bumping into street lights and bus stop benches and each other. Boy you really nailed us, didn't you?
Back in my day we used to climb trees, but in the cities we cleared em all out for parking lots and stroads. Even if there are the occasional couple in a park somewhere there's not enough sidewalks or buses for kids to get to em safely. Cities are for cars, not people. Kids still love nature here... There's just no nature left...
No evidence no gods! No god we trust!
Stop with the imaginary sky being already!
It's sad that people would rather be scornful of literal children for not doing what they themselves got to do instead of being upset at the conditions that make it so kids can't go out and do it safely.
I absolutely LOVE seeing young people solving problems. Good on you, young lady!
She should win and the government should pay her for this invention and put these traps on all trees!!!!
Nah, What does the government have to do with it? Private investors should invest in her and the average Joe should buy her product. Leave our tax dollars alone. Welcome to capitalism.
@@timtags That would work if all trees were owned by conscientious private owners willing to spend money to save their trees, but they're not.
@@timtags Yes, welcome to capitalism the economic system that is destroying the planet 🤣🤣🤣... and our civil society. Such a great system
It even destroyed the Great Plains of the United States. Good ol' CAPITALISM 🤣
You are a 🤡
@@achanclor
I'm curious why they would do this ?
Do you own an orchard or something ?
How many traps did they give you and maintain ?
I've read a thousand comments about these pests
but I never saw anyone write anything similar to what you wrote.
@@timtags That's the BLACK, Democrat mentality. You didn't know that? Let Government pay for everything.
This is the role model young girls should aspire to be.
What a bright young mind, figuring this out. I hope she studies something she enjoys.
Why just girls?
The perfect outlook on how to live on this planet without creating the destruction the ignorant pursuit of illusory concepts like money brings.
Let’s mass-produce these traps already, we are getting these bugs in Yonkers New York!
"You and your friends are now enemies of The Republic."
- Emperor Palpatine
"Don't try it hUmans we have the high ground"
- Darth Lantern Fly
.... *somewhere in a far far away tree*
You can always just make one yourself.
I kill like 6 A day anywhere in south Jersey. I'm not out to kill them but if I see them, squash!
If every tree was the same size, it would be easier to mass produce the traps.
you go girl! young entrepreneur in the making!
Whitney Taylor " How would U crush The lanternfly if U Seen One On The Ground by you?
She's a good argument for people that want to have kids! Now more than ever we need young minds like hers!
Waiting for the wave of antinatalists.
I mean if you can afford them sure
"How Many Children are Homeless in the USA? One in every 30 American children goes to sleep without a home of their own each year. Approximately 2.5 million children are homeless annually in the United States. On any given day, there are approximately 443,000 children in foster care in the United States."
So if my kid turns out dumb and useless do I get a refund ?
And i just paid a local pest control company $125 to treat one tree in my backyard. I hate those insects. I wil use this young lady's tactic for sure.
What kind of tree was it ? I've been told that SLF will swarm some types of trees but not damage them.
Was the treatment effective and did the SLF return this year ?
I almost got ripped off in a similar manner but then I contacted an arborist who saved me this expense on an oak tree.
Someone needs to get her on this Corona mess !
And ASAP ! 😷
Zinc and vitamin C
@@TruckDriver326 Vitamin D and don't catch it.
Don't touch your face. Wash your hands. Sit in the sun.
@@hermantheduckgb N95 or better.
Everyone should be wearing N95 in public
Thankfully, since this comment posted, an excellent solution HAS been provided... EVERYONE who is eligible get vaccinated. And continue masks, distancing, & hand washing until it is controlled. The problem is, almost half the people would rather perpetuate the problem ... unfathomable. :(
9.14.2021
This is brilliant!
But you MUST get the egg masses. I have no trees but I have these things on my house and they lay eggs under the lip of my siding. Only on one side of the house, thank God. I scraped off about 15 egg masses the other day into a tupperware of acetone. At 30-50 eggs each that's 450-750 new flies that would lay another 20,000 eggs. You MUST kill the eggs.
Ellen Ripley condones this action
Indeed, that is definitely a critical thing to get rid of, but catching the adult flies before they can mate and lay new eggs is also an important method of pest control. Eliminating existing eggs and preventing the laying of new ones at the same time is a great two-pronged solution.
The basic principles of these traps can be incorporated and redesigned for mass production, at very low cost this can save all the Maple trees.
Her love for climbing trees and she came up with such a beautiful solution to protect them.
The 38 dislikes on this video were all given by spotted lanternflies.
Underrated comment! 😂
Which is weird, because they usually go up. 🤣
I hope someone taught her about the patent proceedures.
there's nothing patentable here, this isn't new
Someone needs to teach you about the patent process. Foil paper and a net cannot be patented dufuss. 😂
@@thersten right, only Bill Gates can patent other people's week.
@@thersten well of course not as it is. But the design for a kit that could be manufactured and sold - definitely could be patented. and she totally should. right now it's a process that not many people could duplicate very well, and a lot of people would rather purchase a kit with an adjustable aluminum ring and maybe a pre-sewn ring of netting.
@@themuse11 correct. Your imaginary yet to be invented thing could theoretically be patented, but the thing she made cannot.
This is tremendous, and imagine if thousands of people made that simply part of their house chores- to set those traps. We’ve made other animals go extinct from all sorts of reasons, seems we still have a shot (and an environmentally safe one) or two at bringing their numbers down significantly.
Seeing young people doing things other than TikTok or smashing a "smart" device into their faces is refreshing. Nice work kid.
"Spotted lanternflies, you finally losed." 🤨
I know,right?Geez.
Girl smarter than the dang channel 69 writers
Flyality!!!😈
This is as impressive as the netting design added to man made rivers. Low tech, SUPER EFFECTIVE. One stops pollution the other stops bugs. This is simple elegance!
Smart kid; there's still hope.
Another woman has the answer!.
Call me crazy but it seems like this reporter could have filmed a better explanation of
how her trap and foil are secured to the netting and tree.
I suspect someone is going to devise a way to modify her design & attach at least 1 bungee
cord to some netting to hold everything in place, so that it works for trees of varying
diameters. A second bungee cord could be used to account for the difference.
In other words, 1 bungee could be a consistent length, while the second would vary
to accommodate the different diameters.
This seems like it will be less messy to assemble and also much more effective
than other solutions I have seen for this lantern fly problem
Okay then go do it!!! We need it!!!
Figure it out ND STOP WINING
@@fishingmaniac8780
WTF does this mean, genius ?
Early models are usually clunky looking
I couldn't understand what she said "they can't (see? feet?) on to the tree." What did she say?
I wonder if an extract of the Tree of Heaven (an invasive but preferred tree for SLF) at the trap entrance would. enhance the number caught.
Perhaps some kind of a treatment on the eggs that causes those things to go after each other to kill or devour themselves out of existence.
Wow!!!! That is so impressive! Such a smart girl figuring that trap out and so young & determined! That’s awesome!!
helping people one at a time like this is more effective than any government program
Which person was helped here?
@@spacetoast7783 not every comment about a topic is mutually exclusive in structure with the video it's being posted on.
The point is, the ultra wealthy will donate millions or billions of dollaries to charities, nonprofits, or supposedly humanitarian organizations and so on; it leads to bloating and entitlement, and often loss of the meaning of a group or mission. They'll use some of that money to advertise and try and collect more money. They'll use some one of that money to prop up higher ups and provide extra benefits to the people in a company or nonprofit who fight for them.
In the meantime, kids, college students, young people -- could use a grand, or two, or five at a time and prove themselves that they are developing ideas from a place of passion. but game changing isn't what the ultra rich wants, control is. So that's why they donate to organizations they are heavily affiliated with, such as in the case of the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. Because they are affiliated with the non-profit and control it, but donate money to it, the money they donate is written off in taxes as a charitable donation, and yet whatever the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation does is not seen as behavior of a business, but as a non-profit. Non profits are also very likely to get government contracts. I could go on, but the general public doesn't want to prove the skeptic, they want to prove their owners.
government has never helped anyone
What? Not only is she NOT helping people one at a time, but give me one example in which helping one person at a time is more effective than let's say, Obamacare, medicaid, roads, schools, military, police, fireman, FDA, etc etc etc.
God bless her. The world needs more if her kind.
She's now on trial for sexual assault.
She's brilliant. Good for her & her beloved trees.
Good for her! Easy and direct and they do it to themselves because it's their nature. Plus, a 14 year old girl that likes to climb trees. Very rare these days I'm sure. She'd have been invited to hang out with me and my friends when we were that age.
The most effective pest control solutions are often the ones that exploit some quirk of their biology or natural instinct. This brilliant young lady did exactly that with this trap prototype. With a bit of refinement (not too much as the prototype is nearly perfect as is) to make it simpler to attach to different trees of varying diameters and bark types, this could be an inexpensive and very viable option for a lot of people and communities who are dealing with this pest.
Smart little lady. I look forward to seeing what she will accomplish next.
Congratulations to Rachel Bergey or the outstanding achievement.I hope she will glorify her family,community and organizations with even more awards.I am happy to meet another Rachel who has great potential to win.I am referring to Rachel Louise Carson who was an American marine biologist, author, and conservationist whose book Silent Spring and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement.
I love her ingenious invention. Way to go, young lady!
Yesterday, I was able to devise a trap based on this principle,
around our huge oak tree that is working reasonably well.
There hasn't been enough publicity about the attraction of this pest to oak trees.
People in PA with Oak trees need to devise a solution ** BEFORE **
they notice their tree is infested. I used some hardware wire screening
in conjunction with some 36" x 84" vinyl screen door replacement kit
to make this work. I also use a lot of electrical ties to keep the screen
from "doubling over" too close together. The only problem I encountered
was that the "heavy duty" stapling gun I bought for this job, would not penetrate
the bark of the oak tree and I had to use small screws to secure the netting
to the tree.
WRZ 2020-10-01
Delaware County, PA
Rachel, just found one today on October 23, 2020. I suffocated it and reported it in New Jersey. They are pretty in appearance but terrifying what they do !
Very clever! Nice! Necessity is the mother of invention!
Yes and probably also less dangerous than a propane torch, eh ?
Love it when you see someone so young finding their own solutions to problems, and inadvertently helping tons of others in the process. Few would think to do thisz
Well done that girl, what a smart, clever and cheap trap she made.
WOW! It's so nice to see a young person who thinks. Good luck with your idea. We need to protect all our trees.
She should win, that is a brilliant idea…AND IT WORKS …!
Rachel is exactly what we need -bright young people solving problems. You go, girl.
Wow. Awesome! Impressive for anyone, but even more so for a middle school student to think about the environment to this extent! Keep it up and thanks for your hard work!
Each year we hear this bug has spread further and further. And that there are hundreds of "researchers and experts" that are working on eradicating it.
Meanwhile, a young woman of 14 figures out how to trap and kill them. So have the states affected by this thing begun distributing instructions on how to build that trap? Why not?
Have the "researchers and experts" stated when they expect to have the answer? One year? Five years? Ten years?
I love it. She's just trying to save her favorite trees. That's how it's done.
I live in Philadelphia and I keep seeing those things EVERYWHERE
If the started in the Lehigh Valley 2 years ago and are now in the Delaware Valley. The whole east coast will have them in a few years
They are in Bucks County. Was trimming my grapes and found many of them. Killed bids ones. Small ones are to quick.
Me too and I live in Manayunk and they are giving me nightmares I can't kill them unless I spray daily. Every time I come in there's one on me. The other day I a big one buzzed in my wear then flew in my neck. I killed it with water. The big ones for some reason have a delayed reaction when trying to kill but the smaller ones that are still hoping stg that don't have wings yet are to quick to kill. I HATE these things they are terrifying I'm scared they are taking over. I can't go outside without seeing some it makes me scared to go outside. They're everywhere.
Mikky124 n
Spotted September 24 in Watchung New Jersey.
Genius kid! I hope she's expanding her knowledge and applying it continually! God Bless that kid!
Refreshing to see a young lady of this upcoming generation interested in things like this, gives me hope for the future.
"I'll say this. Lantern flies, you finally losed." Her English is even gooder that mine!
This girl deserves a Nobel prize or something. She saved the USA from billions of dollars lost from damaged produce.
There still all over the place and there still costing companies billions of dollars
@@heriel1811 yeah well they need to give this girl a call.
Awesome! Kids can be so smart if people will just take the time to listen!
It's September 2020, my cat just found one here in Elkton MD. Other people in Maryland are also finding them also.
Blessings to this intelligent young woman who is doing more for our environment than others! She is getting rid of an invasive species WITHOUT hurting endangered local creatures/pollinators like birds and bees. She is seemingly doing this without that awful harmful tape! I hope she is recognized completely for this invention!
Practical innovation. I love it! And may that young lady be permitted to keep being herself and succeed.
Big Kudos to this little Girl she's making a big difference in the whole world by doing that and needs to be rewarded.I Despise most bugs I lost one of my aunt's to a bug bite by a tick.She unfortunately got Lyme disease and died from that so u can understand my feelings towards bugs even though I know it's quite a few who plays big roles in supporting our ecosystem these laterns don't
She is brilliant!!!! Awesome and beautiful young lady!!!! Congrats! These things are literally taking over!!!!!!!
I noticed some of these comments were 3 years ago which makes this clever, sweet, intelligent young lady 17.
I live in NY and saw my first sighting only a couple of weeks ago. Never saw any news media on these beautiful, deadly insects.
Why ?
We need this young lady, and of course our creator, to save Mother Nature's gifts to us.
I'm nearing 80 yo, and hopefully will be alive to see this day come to be.
GOD bless her throughout her life. ❤
"Don't try it hUmans we have the high ground"
- Darth Lantern Fly
.... *somewhere in a far far away tree*
Come to the dark side... of the tree!
- Emperor Lanterntine
It's Fall of 2023 (3 years after the video was posted) and here in S.E. PA we have a lanternfly epidemic. I've read many articles and official advisory bulletins on how to trap them.
WHY DIDN'T ANY OF THEM MENTION THIS INTELLIGENT, AWARD-WINNING IDEA?¿?¿?
Because they don’t really care about our environment lol
WOW this is amazing!!
Great job Rachel! I'm sure your parents are super proud.
I am blown away by this youn woman's ingenuity! So smart and so simple! She did not overthink the problem. I am impressed!
LOVE her ideas!
Amanda Smith " How would U crush The lanternfly if U Seen it On The Ground by you?
This video is 4 years old and this is the 1st time I saw this. I haven't seen any mention of this type of trap anywhere. Good for her!
Nice job. The trap is exactly what I'm looking for. I'll be making them to also catch the nymphs.
Clever design. Plenty of challenges to address
1. How does the design manage to retain structural integrity in stormy conditions?
2. What is the average catch rate for one of these things? If it catches too much, will it fall off of the tree due to weight? Will it ever reach that point?
3. How high will this have to be placed?
Hope that she gets researchers who can support her in figuring out these answers, even if the design may not be the “solution”. Getting children interested in conservation science early will provide them with the tools and skills to address the unprecedented future challenges they face.
Great job young lady! She needs a free ride to Texas A&M Aggieland!
The only problem with Texas A&M is that it's in Texas.
Penn State has a big agriculture department.
Nice to see the young generation finding NEW ways to help the planet without destroying it 👍 awesome job!!
Way to go young lady!
Once again simplicity wins the game. Only a young unknowing person can dream up such a simple but efficient idea to a huge problem that "experts" couldn't figure out how to control them... Everyone has a voice to listen to. You never know what a person is thinking about any problem until you let them try...
How do we end the foreign food and trades from abroad that caused all of this?
Bad idea
Daddys Fastest Swimmer says a globalist. May you find yourself near a blighted American Chestnut or an ash borer diseased tree victim.
@@G-gnome Theres a reason the world trades with eachother. Some things are done more effectively in different parts of the world. You stop world trade and your standard of living will noticeably drop.
Daddys Fastest Swimmer there’s a difference between world trade and handrubber hegemony. Trade would be something that was produced in America by Americans and then exported. Not the case these days, when big nosed CEOs have laws changed (by their shills office) and allow manufacturing done overseas for cheap labor. China sending a parasitic insect on purpose is an act of bio-terrorism.
@@G-gnome
Labor in China isn't cheap by a long shot. People working are paid by China, not the company. Think of China as a HUGE employment agency. China gets $15/hour and pays $15/day plus rice.
The appeal is that a company is not regulated to death and imports are taxed at point of consumption, not entry. They don't have to deal with the state saying a back door must open outward AND the feds saying the door must open inward. They do not have to comply with affirmative action nonsense, sensitivity training, redundant and conflicting/costly nonsense. They don't worry about being held hostage by employees and their politics. They just pay China and let THEM deal (or not) with it all.
Smart Girl,we need thinkers like you, i hope you win the competition,good luck.
THIS IS INGENIOUS !!!!!!
I love this! Simple, brilliant, and ecological! I hope she goes far in this world!
😂 she literally invented an ingenious and efficient killing apparatus and made a breakthrough discover that could save entire forests on earth all so she could climb a tree, she better win in that science fair, I’ll be pissed if that one kid with the clay volcano replica wins
Excellent job young lady! GREAT JOB! I'll put this trap to work here in Allegheny County!
Very smart young lady! Never stop trying.
If she caught that many flies in two weeks with just two traps, kinda makes you wonder how many flies are in the wild. Crazy.
What an amazing kid 💚💚
*you have become vilified by the lanternflies* all joke aside I can appreciate the ingenuity.
Good job little lady doing good.
You go girl! Very proud of the lady you’re becoming. Make sure someone doesn’t want to be/take your idea. Young and creative! Run for President? Lol
One of the big TV companies will soon be selling these for $19.99. But wait, for an extra fee you'll get a second one "free".
It going to be made in China 🇨🇳
Can't wait. I'll take 4
Just pay separate processing.
She doesn't need to win. The results of her project already prooves how effective and beneficial her work is.
How awesome! Good for her ❤️
My favorite TV channel number!
That's a clever girl! I hope she gets something from her community for that
Way to go kiddo! Very intelligent, clean and healthy solution. Except maybe if your a lantern bug!
I love when we can all come together and hate something equally for once
Amazing how top scientist can't figure out what she did
what are you going to do, use this on every tree ? What about grapes ?
This is my 2nd year experiencing these and I’m shocked these things have been around and there’s no cure to getting rid of them smh but respect to the little girl
Wow, that... was great. Ty for sharing.
What a good kid. Nah. What a good human. They're going places if they keep walking the road they're on.
I hope I get to hear their name again one day. What intellect & care.
I'm having a hard time understanding how this works. How does the tunnel relate to the netting to prohibit the flies from getting to the tree?
This is the type of kid I hoped the internet would create.
Thank God, those things are disgusting and they're killing off the bugs that we need
Okay so if they eat the food the good bugs eat that's cool?
What bugs are SLF killing ?
This is the first time I've heard this.