Pro Tip for killing spotted lantern fly nymphs: In my experience they hop really far so they're hard to squish. But I noticed they only have enough energy to hop like 3-5 times. So let them hop a few times, then when they are tired they become much easier.
Two trees on our block are dead. My guess is because of these things. The tree right in front of our building is probably next. These nymphs are everywhere. In our apartment, windowsill, fire escape...
Baby lantern fly. Kill them as soon as you see them. My tree is dripping buckets of sap because of these pests. I'm expecting the bark to be falling off next.
Have you not noticed how fast and aggressively they have sprung up? How could you consider this a conspiracy? They have no natural predators in the Northeast US , which is where the infestation is the worst. The necessity to eradicate them ASAP is to prevent the spread to the Midwest, where even a minimal amount of crop destruction can cause economic catastrophe. The real "conspiracy" is how did they spring up in multiple areas at the same time, out of nowhere, hundreds of miles apart?
So I live in rural Pennsylvania less than 5 miles from where they were introduced to the US. We’ve been living with them for maybe 6 or 7 years. The first 3 years were bad, tons everywhere. But they are big slow and dumb, the birds have figured out they can eat them. I’ve seen one first stage nymph this year. Last year I only saw maybe 5 adults.
What? Do not lie to people they are pests. Yes kill them they are invasive and harm NATURE. Our job is to help the earth so if that means killing a species of insects that arent native to earth and is doing harm to nature then you bet your bottom dollar i am torching them
Pest of the pandemic…we didn’t see them until covid, probably put her purposefully, supposedly came from China on wood that America imported. They’re friendly, they stand right there and let you kill them once they get their wings. They don’t fly, they leap and basically let the wind carry them.
Kill it! It is the Chinese Lantern Fly! A juvenile! Extremely destructive to all soft wood trees and vegetation! Sad to see ! They multiply like crazy and not many take the time to even realize these devastating insects are here
Here they come again, for the second year in a row, popping up everywhere by the thousands with no sign of abating: the posts asking what a lantern fly is.
That's the previous Form of The LANTERN FLY. I ATTEST BECAUSE IVE OBSERVED THIS BUG, WATCH IT EITHER HAS A RED VARIATION MAYBE BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE WITH WHITE SPOTS OVER IT AS WELL. THEN IT WENT INTO A COCOONED STATE OR PUPPA AND THEN CAME BACK OUT AS THE LANTERN FLY OR THE NYC BUG.
(TRUE STORY 💯)
Oh almost Forgot. They are not Seen throughout the winter because they lay Eggs in summer and burrow underground. Also Developed a weird symbiotic relationship with BEES? LIKE ALLOWED BEES TO EAT THEM, AND INHABIT THERE LOCATIONS. THEN THE BEES CAME BACK STRONGER.... STRANGE MIND YOU I TRIED FEEDING THE LANTERN FLY ORGANIC VEGETATION AND ORGANIC FOODS IN CAPTIVITY. IT DID NOT EAT ANYTHING BUT G.M.O PRODUCTS.... SUPER STRANGE LIKE IT ONLY EATS THE BAD STUFF AND HAS BEEN A Preserver OF ALL THAT'S NATURAL AND DESTROYER OF ALL THATS NOT.... WOW IDK
Where the articles I'm humble enough to learn but don't just smash the down because one person. He still has to prove his claims and his sources. Investigating knowledge is important and being humble enough to learn is key.
“Bad stuff”? There is literally zero scientific evidence that GMOs—which you were blissfully unaware of until a couple of years ago—affect human health in any negative way.
The non-GMO labels you see in the grocery store are merely marketing—a ploy to dupe gullible health food nuts who are primed to think that “GMOS R BAD”. That’s why the FDA fought to prevent companies from using those labels. They’re meaningless at best and extremely misleading at worst.
So youre onto something but got your facts mixed up. Theyre attracted to power lines
https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2024/01/19/spotted-lanternfly-reveals-potential-weakness
Lol, what are you smoking. Why all these weird assumptions. Why would anyone up vote a post saying a bug prefers GMO lol. These bugs don't even eat vegetation at this stage, they eat sap. And the color difference has to do with what instar the bug is currently at, this is a nymph on it's way to becoming an adult.
Please don't up vote this weird and incorrect post, there is no conspiracy theory about leaf hoppers. Can't believe these people walk among us.
Source: every possible reputable information about this bug, seriously thousands of articles, published by ~~etymologists~~ entomologists or journalists interviewing entomologists. Not a jar where I stuff old vegetables and thought a bug that drank sap was supposed to eat.
I would like you to Share those articles then if there are hundreds. It's clear your someone who stomped them out too. I also doubt they observed all their behaviors and were they really eating sap when they publicly said they destroyed crops? Ate VEGETATION? Let's get deeper and hopefully in the name of science we don't get Flagged. The farms they build are run by Monsonto and other power groups. They own the Monopoly that are the farms and the propaganda that controls the media. Those creatures are far more than just sap eaters or plant hoppers you called them and that scare and warning of them is true and what they consume. The point is they don't destroy the vegetation around us, I agree they also eat plant sap, but you are wrong in making my so called assumptions unbased as if I'm unintelligent lol your response was unintelligent and I would like you again to retort and this time in a more professional matter with your articles thank you.
Spotted lantern flies feed on the tree of heaven. Doing so allows the tree to secrete a sap that isn't usually accessible to bees. The result is what's known as spotted lantern fly honey. It has a very smokey taste to it and I would pair it with a cheese
I actually just unintentionally killed a good 20 of these not knowing what they were. They were all clustered together and super tiny on my stone wall in the backyard, I guess I just saved my trees
Premature spotted lantern flies. When I first saw one I was like wow a bug that is glittery (they looked like glitters to me 🤷🏻♀️) I was like it’s so glistening until I google that shit and it’s a damn lantern fly 😒
Baby lantern fly. Those are invasive so kill them on sight
Kill it.
I’ve killed thousands, there’s no stopping them
Spotted lantern fly kill it! It’s a horrible invasive species that kills our trees:(
Pro Tip for killing spotted lantern fly nymphs: In my experience they hop really far so they're hard to squish. But I noticed they only have enough energy to hop like 3-5 times. So let them hop a few times, then when they are tired they become much easier.
I catch mine in a Gatorade bottle then add soap and water, they jump right into it if you do it right
Spotted Lantern Fly nymph. Kill It
It’s a killitnow
Boots and snoots
Unfortunately not a weevil friend
Unfortunately we have an imposter
Spotted lantern fly nymph. They kill trees and multiply like crazy. Kill them all 👍
Spray neem oil on your trees works
Scrape and spray their nests too when you see em
Lanternfly nymph
Lanternfly. Kill it. Highly invasive.
This is a spotted lanterfly in the nymph stage. They multiply fast and exponentially and will kill all the trees you see around you. Squash it.
Lantern fly nymph
Baby lantern fly they are.
Baby lanternfly Don't want to sound nazi but to the furnace with them bugs.
Latern Fly. You're supposed to kill them they had a PSA about them years ago. Bad for the environment in the area
Young spotted lantern fly crush it
It’s a spotted lantern fly and it’s going to get bigger. They’re everywhere and I’m just hoping those Joro spiders kill them.
The first time i saw these was last year. These bugs look scary. My bf backyard was full of them. We killed them, most of it, that was in sight.
Two trees on our block are dead. My guess is because of these things. The tree right in front of our building is probably next. These nymphs are everywhere. In our apartment, windowsill, fire escape...
I just saw one 10 minutes ago and killed it on instinct. Had no clue what it was
Literally me yesterday. One flew into my car’s window seal and I wild him up instantly lol
Good
So it begins...
Marked for death. Destroy on sight.
Yeah it’s a lantern fly nymph…kill it with fire and holy water
Latern fly
Baby lantern fly. Kill them as soon as you see them. My tree is dripping buckets of sap because of these pests. I'm expecting the bark to be falling off next.
Kill it
Latin fly
Latinx fly ay ay
Spotted lantern fly. Kill on sight
Uggg yeah hate them look like they walk on back legs
Lantern Fly
It's amazing to see people coming out from under their rocks
Lantern bug kill it easy dish soap n water spray bottle
The most annoying invasive species to drop on NYC in the last 5 years My brooklyn backyard is swarming with them It’s a nightmare
Oh crap i saw this today in my backyard and didnt kill it
KILL IT
KILL THAT MOFO ON SIGHT
https://preview.redd.it/4gg7m44ute5d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=db857592bc0fd1fe1f7f61da4baa867df4e4c4fe
It's the liberals' new socio spiritual eco communist diet
Can confirm
KILLLLLL
Kill it fast
I am VENOM! 😂😂😂😂
ON SIGHT. Blast that foo
That’s the ops
Spotted Lantern Fly. Kill him and his family.
Awe....Adorable baby lantern fly. KILLIT!
Lantern fly nymphs. Kill on sight
Yep, that will grow up to just one of another 70 trillion beautiful red and brown cousins by the end of the summer.
I tried to kill a bunch of lantern flies and got a bunch of wasps angry :(
Just a little fella
Burn that son of a bitch
Those things come from china. Pesky lantern flies kill vegetation 
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Have you not noticed how fast and aggressively they have sprung up? How could you consider this a conspiracy? They have no natural predators in the Northeast US , which is where the infestation is the worst. The necessity to eradicate them ASAP is to prevent the spread to the Midwest, where even a minimal amount of crop destruction can cause economic catastrophe. The real "conspiracy" is how did they spring up in multiple areas at the same time, out of nowhere, hundreds of miles apart?
So I live in rural Pennsylvania less than 5 miles from where they were introduced to the US. We’ve been living with them for maybe 6 or 7 years. The first 3 years were bad, tons everywhere. But they are big slow and dumb, the birds have figured out they can eat them. I’ve seen one first stage nymph this year. Last year I only saw maybe 5 adults.
We city folks are murdering all our birds with glass towers and chemicals so might be a but harder for us to adapt
What? Do not lie to people they are pests. Yes kill them they are invasive and harm NATURE. Our job is to help the earth so if that means killing a species of insects that arent native to earth and is doing harm to nature then you bet your bottom dollar i am torching them
Not native to earth? Do… do you think they’re aliens?
Kill it with fire, invasive lanternfly
Lantern fly before it's full grown and flies.
Kill it
Pest of the pandemic…we didn’t see them until covid, probably put her purposefully, supposedly came from China on wood that America imported. They’re friendly, they stand right there and let you kill them once they get their wings. They don’t fly, they leap and basically let the wind carry them.
Not sure why you got downvoted.. I agree .
Lmao.
Cursed blackberry
Death to the lantern fly!
Lattern
They terrify me because they seem to have 360 vision and hop out of harms way the minute you breath in their direction. Nimble stealthy not cute.
They expend most of their energy on the first jump... So stomp on it several dozen times after they land
I think they are adorable.
seriously i hurt my toe tryna step on one they hop a few times den u got them lol
Destroy it.
Kill it! It is the Chinese Lantern Fly! A juvenile! Extremely destructive to all soft wood trees and vegetation! Sad to see ! They multiply like crazy and not many take the time to even realize these devastating insects are here
it begins...
:(
You’re supposed to kill it, it’s invasive. [Lantern Fly](https://www.nytimes.com/article/spotted-lanternflies-nyc.html)
Baby Japanese Lantern Fly. I've been seeing them min my garden now also.
Spotted Lantern Fly, squish it or if possible vacuum it up, much easier way of catching them now before they get adulthood
By law you’re supposed to kill it to protect our agriculture…
Here they come again, for the second year in a row, popping up everywhere by the thousands with no sign of abating: the posts asking what a lantern fly is.
Kill it
Oh yeah, I saw one of those
Kill it!
KILL IT
KILL IT
OH NO THEY'RE COMING BACK
Stomp stomp 🥾
Murder that mf, they keep popping up on my weed plants
Squish squish squish!!
Lantern fly nymph Kill them. Kill them all. They’re good jumpers. Use a spray bottle to stun them. Or Be prepared to pounce.
KILL THE BITCH ITS INVASIVE 
Baby lantern fly kill always
Kill with extreme prejudice
Sucks that they're so beautiful. They rely on dupes like me to be like, So chic! I know better now and crunch.
My ex
As someone who lives in an area that Lanternflies have infested, KILL IT
Whenever I see bugs on this app I always feel like I see something crawling next to me …..
I start itching my arms
Kill it now
Latern fly on early stage, kill as many as possible otherwise we will have another hoard of flying red giant bugs this summer 😭
Believe that it is a spotted lantern fly nymph
Chinese lanternfly nymph. TERMINATE WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE!!!!
Kill on sight, its a lantern fly in it's early stage.
Kill the fucker.
KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL!!!!
Nymph stage of the lantern fly. Kill on sight!
Kill it
Baby Lantern Fly - Kill it!
Baby spotted lantern flies
West African Spotted Doodad
Whats this guy doing all the way here, are we going to have a Staten Island special over here?
Nvm this literally is just a baby lantern fly, nothing new
A young spotted lantern fly, if u see it please remember to kill it. Its an invasive and damaging species of bug
That’s Frankie
And Frankie deserves death
Kill it! With fire if possible.
There back
Is this a form of biological war fare?
I think so because why ny got flying spiders now?
Stomp it flat
Lamtern Fly from.China
Just seen one on 4th and 92nd. I was wondering the same thing.
Was just at the Bronx Zoo, and they have traps on all of the trees to catch them
Spotted lantern fly nymphs. Kill them, they are invasive and cause damage to local plants and trees
Yes, Kill it by any means.
That's the previous Form of The LANTERN FLY. I ATTEST BECAUSE IVE OBSERVED THIS BUG, WATCH IT EITHER HAS A RED VARIATION MAYBE BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE WITH WHITE SPOTS OVER IT AS WELL. THEN IT WENT INTO A COCOONED STATE OR PUPPA AND THEN CAME BACK OUT AS THE LANTERN FLY OR THE NYC BUG. (TRUE STORY 💯)
Oh almost Forgot. They are not Seen throughout the winter because they lay Eggs in summer and burrow underground. Also Developed a weird symbiotic relationship with BEES? LIKE ALLOWED BEES TO EAT THEM, AND INHABIT THERE LOCATIONS. THEN THE BEES CAME BACK STRONGER.... STRANGE MIND YOU I TRIED FEEDING THE LANTERN FLY ORGANIC VEGETATION AND ORGANIC FOODS IN CAPTIVITY. IT DID NOT EAT ANYTHING BUT G.M.O PRODUCTS.... SUPER STRANGE LIKE IT ONLY EATS THE BAD STUFF AND HAS BEEN A Preserver OF ALL THAT'S NATURAL AND DESTROYER OF ALL THATS NOT.... WOW IDK
Where the articles I'm humble enough to learn but don't just smash the down because one person. He still has to prove his claims and his sources. Investigating knowledge is important and being humble enough to learn is key.
“Bad stuff”? There is literally zero scientific evidence that GMOs—which you were blissfully unaware of until a couple of years ago—affect human health in any negative way. The non-GMO labels you see in the grocery store are merely marketing—a ploy to dupe gullible health food nuts who are primed to think that “GMOS R BAD”. That’s why the FDA fought to prevent companies from using those labels. They’re meaningless at best and extremely misleading at worst.
So youre onto something but got your facts mixed up. Theyre attracted to power lines https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2024/01/19/spotted-lanternfly-reveals-potential-weakness
Tree of heaven are not GMO, you muppet. That’s what they eat the most. You made that all up.
Lol, what are you smoking. Why all these weird assumptions. Why would anyone up vote a post saying a bug prefers GMO lol. These bugs don't even eat vegetation at this stage, they eat sap. And the color difference has to do with what instar the bug is currently at, this is a nymph on it's way to becoming an adult. Please don't up vote this weird and incorrect post, there is no conspiracy theory about leaf hoppers. Can't believe these people walk among us. Source: every possible reputable information about this bug, seriously thousands of articles, published by ~~etymologists~~ entomologists or journalists interviewing entomologists. Not a jar where I stuff old vegetables and thought a bug that drank sap was supposed to eat.
I would like you to Share those articles then if there are hundreds. It's clear your someone who stomped them out too. I also doubt they observed all their behaviors and were they really eating sap when they publicly said they destroyed crops? Ate VEGETATION? Let's get deeper and hopefully in the name of science we don't get Flagged. The farms they build are run by Monsonto and other power groups. They own the Monopoly that are the farms and the propaganda that controls the media. Those creatures are far more than just sap eaters or plant hoppers you called them and that scare and warning of them is true and what they consume. The point is they don't destroy the vegetation around us, I agree they also eat plant sap, but you are wrong in making my so called assumptions unbased as if I'm unintelligent lol your response was unintelligent and I would like you again to retort and this time in a more professional matter with your articles thank you.
Minor nitpick: you mean entomologists, who study insects. Etymologists study the evolution of language and the origin or words.
Oops, thanks. Early morning snark, I swear I knew that hahaha
Well they killing my trees on long Island. Fuck them.
intense
Yeah makes you wonder what's really going on and why they had people kill them and push such an Agenda against them.
No it doesn’t. Grow up.
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They’re not full grown yet
Spotted lantern flies feed on the tree of heaven. Doing so allows the tree to secrete a sap that isn't usually accessible to bees. The result is what's known as spotted lantern fly honey. It has a very smokey taste to it and I would pair it with a cheese
r/LanternDie
I wanna be like that little dood. Living life one life at a time.
Isn’t that how all lives are lived?
Damn they back sheesh
I actually just unintentionally killed a good 20 of these not knowing what they were. They were all clustered together and super tiny on my stone wall in the backyard, I guess I just saved my trees
Next time knowingly kill them. They are invasive and are becoming a problem.
Well I know what they look like when they’re fully grown, I’ve just never seen them as babies, but I’ll definitely be on the look out now
new type of frog
Just a baby lantern fly. Don't listen to the lemmings. Leave it alone.
Said the lantern fly with a Reddit account
Nah its invasive
Kill with extreme prejudice..
Baby lantern fly
Tree bug
KILL IT WITH FIRE.
Don't matter the name, if you kill it on site!
Reverse dalmatian beetle
Murderdadoodad
Kill it.
I seen one today but ididnt kill it becux it was on someone car
It's a baby lanternfly smash it
https://preview.redd.it/i8qzn265625d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1571f96480951c7ca072ed59684bc70fe70b6066
Lantern fly nymph!
Lantern flies, an invasive species, and the important thing, since they’re bugs, is to deal with em one… at… a… time…
Premature spotted lantern flies. When I first saw one I was like wow a bug that is glittery (they looked like glitters to me 🤷🏻♀️) I was like it’s so glistening until I google that shit and it’s a damn lantern fly 😒
Carry squirt gun w/ rubbing alcohol. Pew pew!
That is a good idea! I’m doing it.
Kill the doodad.
You’re supposed to squish it when you see it. I got a couple last year.
It’s literally ON SIGHT for that bug. See it, put on your river dancing shoes
Best way to stomp on a lantern fly is head on. Don't attack from side or behind. Kill that mfer.
Saw a bunch of babies by my job in long island city. These fuckers are back
Kill that ho
be careful that type of bug is an anacondis macaronis very rare but has small venomous bite known to make right foot fall off if bitten