#lanterflies

[jahtheexplorer]

Spotted lanternfly

Hated by farmers, these little bugs are invasive planthoppers that came in a shipment from China in the 2012. Now they are everywhere. This one right here, was very photogenic.

Picture taken in the John Heinz wildlife refuge

#Photographers on tumblr #John heinz wildlife preserve #Pennsylvania #Philadelphia #landscape #macro #macrophotography #lanterflies #lanternflies #insects #bugs #insect #entomology #china #invasive species #animals #farm #farmers

[bishopony]

if wasps are in your house please get your walls checked! look around outside and see if theres anywhere they could be getting in, you can also buy a heat gun as wasps will generate alot of hear, or just listen! they can cause alot of damage to your house (highly recommend checking out the hornet king on yt for what wasp nest removal can look like)

yeah that's on my parents cause I'm a cool mid 20s adult who still lives with their parents lmao, and I've told them about it. They've been nesting in the front door frame for like... 3 years now? And they're definitely eating away the wall inside but there's not much I can do about it myself since it's not my house. I'm obsessed with wasp removal videos though, I love the guy that feeds the comb and larva to his chickens

but I've mainly just been noticing them outside a ton, they just happen to get into the house when people go in and out of the back door cause there's wood structures out back they like to chew on. my main issue has been with the giant invasive european hornet that got into the fireplace, it was safely behind glass but I'm not thrilled at the idea of them having made it to my area

#we're already in a death fight with spotted lanterflies and starlings and I don't wanna add hornets into the mix lmao #the stink bugs have won cause I can't tell the difference between the marmarated invasive ones and the native brown ones #sorry I can go ON when the topic is on bugs lmao #asks #def wanna follow up on the heat gun though cause that's a good idea

[herpsandbirds]

Lanterflies (Front - Saiva cardinalis & Back- Saiva bullata), family Fulgoridae, Doi Inthanon, Thailand

photograph by Cham Tud Yinn

#lanternfly #saiva #fulgoridae #hemiptera #insect #entomology #animals #nature #asia

[onenicebugperday]

hii sorry to randomly come in asks like this i didnt know who to talk to about this.

Recently ive seen a bunch of content from americans about spotted lanterflies and maybe its just me but it seems a lot like huh. Like people are just jumping at the opportunity to have a valid reason to violently kill an insect? like yes it's invasive and from what i've seen, really destructive, but it just feels like all bug hating people jumped on the ship of killing them just for cruelty's sake :/ idk it's just vibes and feelings but i wondered if anyone else felt the same way.

I have definitely seen people be very gleeful about it, which I personally find pretty distasteful. Not to mention telling random people (who cannot accurately ID most bugs to start with) to kill them is not going to stop their spread.

#graphi-horse-time #bug death #invasive species #spotted lanternfly

[crevicedwelling]

I am glad you love these little guys. this is not meant to crush your joy in any way, but I do want to ask. Does that mean the lanternfly that Jumped Into My Face (actually happened) did it simply out of Sillybrain and NOT out of a Lack of Honor and Reverence for Battle?

spotted lanternflies are exceedingly dumb even for lanterflies they bump into everything and are really bad at moving. they have no idea what violence is, being built only to Drink

[clownotaku]

Clowntober week 2 theme was critters!

I did the actual animals for most of these with the exception of lanternfly. Tried a variety of style and did all of these quicker than previous weeks because I was exhausted.

Daily prompts were

Rat

pigeon

Cockroach

Spotted lanterfly

Opossum

#clown art #clowncore #cockroach #pigeon #clown #opossum #spotted lanternfly #clown animals #clowntober

[comradekatara]

every time I see one of those spotted lanterflies just crawling pitifully on the street begging me to kill them and instead I pathetically maneuver my stride so as to let them live against all reason i am just like this is exactly how aang felt in sozins comet.........

#im sorry but I can’t. I can’t do it . I can’t kill bugs IM SORRRY!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bug-maniac]

Bugblr, I have a question

And maybe it's stupid.

I live in the US, and Chinese mantids (Tenodera sinensis) are fairly common in my neck of the woods. They are not, however, native. These little guys are some of my favorite bugs. I love them and it makes me so excited when I see one. So needless to say when I found out there were people who killed these matids on sight because they're invasive, it really unsettled me.

I've always been under the impression that while they're not native, Chinese mantids have pretty well entrenched themselves into the ecosystem at this point. (Sort of like some of our songbirds, I think.)

So my question is this: Would killing Chinese mantids you find in the wild help them? Am I wrong to be unsettled by this, especially when I support the kill-on-sight policies northern states have regarding lanterflies?

You guys know a hell of a lot more than me, which is why I'm asking.

#bugblr #mantis #Tenodera sinensis #mantids #chinese mantis #insectblr #buggy chatter #cw animal death

[mikuhats]

Btw if u live in a area w spotted lanterflies jsyk if u get an empty water bottle or similar u can very easily capture a bunch of them by putting the hole of the bottle over them. They instinctively will jump into the bottle. If not u can gently scoop them inside with the edge of the hole. U can then crush them inside the bottle, or do whatever u wanna do with them. Be careful tho, they can jump out of the bottle as it gets more filled up. Good to keep a cap or if u can handle touching bugs plugging the hole w ur finger

#text

[futurebird]

spotted cat-toy fly

Spotted lanterflies are designed like they were meant to be cat toys.

1. walks slowly 2. unless touched (with curious paw) then they jump colorfully catching the cat's attention. 3. resume walking until in immediate danger again.

Pica always finds one when we take her out on the roof, and she has so much fun chasing and batting at them.

Why do they flash colors when they jump? seems a little... maladaptive?

Anyway here is a video I made about the lanterflies invading NYC:

#spotted lanternfly #bugs #insects #bugblr #invertebrates #cats #cat toy #pica #cat #pica the cat

[vanitycokes]

if you are my friend never hold a bug in your hand unless lanterfly

[whisper-and-tangle]

tree of heaven: wow i sure do love being a tree! 😁

the ten thousand lanterflies about to give it a thousand hugs:

[jawbonejoe]

I try to be such a copacetic and sweet person so much that getting to absolutely destroy lanterflies really livens me. It’s the same instinct I use to play barbarians but instead of pretend it’s REAL and I get to do VIOLENCE and it’s a GOOD and HONORABLE thing

[frenchifries]

i wonder if we got all the lanterflies or if they'll start coming back when the weather warms up

[kittysapling]

Kitty's Dream Diary

day 9.

F L O R E N C E 🌳🍃🌸🐾🌹

by; @lanternflies

da: 6A00-0010-7961

#dream diary #acnl #acnl blogging #acnlwa #animal crossing #animal crossing new leaf #new leaf #welcome amiibo #animal crossing welcome amiibo #lanterflies #florence #dream address #myscreenshot

[angelsaxis]

Hi! If you're in America and you see a spotted lanterfly, please kill it. Just murder it. Don't even feel bad.

#angel posts #spotted lanterfly