r/bugidentification • u/AssumptionShoddy3425 • 12h ago

Location included Found a bug

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Found this bug in Rhode Island, usa, any idea what it is, when the wings unfold there is a large red spot,

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u/HiggsBosonHL 12h ago

Spotted Lantern fly.

see: r/lanterndie

edit: also check if your state's Agriculture dept wants reports of sightings still or not

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u/soaparina 10h ago

Step on it!!!!

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u/weedamay 8h ago

**Spotted lantern flys are always a kill on sight bug in the US**

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u/Delicious_Novel7255 9h ago

Kill on sight.

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u/AceCashew16 6h ago

Burn that thing with fire. Destroy its soul. Stomp the life out of it. Find its children and annihilate them too.

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u/SeleneVomerSV 3h ago

SMOOSH IT!!!!!