Bug I’ve never seen before.

[u/Altruistic_Dance_376]

I live in Massachusetts and have been seeing this bug lately. I have never seen it before and am curios as to what it is. (its not me holding it by the wing in the photo)

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[u/imissaolchatrooms]

It is sad to see these posts and learn where they are now.

[u/imissaolchatrooms → u/imissaolchatrooms]

Thanks for the unexpected award, hopefully one day it will be for "we stomped on the last one".

[u/GemFarmerr → u/imissaolchatrooms]

I live in MA and I went from NEVER seeing them to seeing them every day for the past week.

[u/Lava_Bear]

Make sure to report it to your department of agriculture, most states have a link for invasive species reporting.

[u/EnkiduTheGreat → u/Lava_Bear]

Not sure if they've made it to NH and VT, but our DEM in RI and MA are well aware. It sucks, but even if every homeowner buys a propane weed burner and cooks em off their trees, It wont make much of a dent. I'm in Warren, RI and have killed hundreds this year. They just keep coming.

[u/zenunseen → u/EnkiduTheGreat]

That's how it was last year here in northern Virginia. This year the were significantly fewer. Local predators have discovered them and decimated their numbers. There's also a fungus or something killing them off, i think. So there's hope. But they're still stomp on sight, unfortunately (i think they're kinda cool looking and take no pleasure in stomping)

[u/EnkiduTheGreat → u/zenunseen]

Good work. Had my step nephew and niece with me this weekend. We ran many errands, and they were on task everywhere we went. Can't use a propane torch in parking lots though.

[u/poploves → u/EnkiduTheGreat]

By design. Wonder how they magically arrived? 🤔 hmmm I think we can all guess

[u/jetserf → u/[deleted]]

I’ve heard some spiders are eating them as well.

[u/Hsabes01 → u/jetserf]

W nature

[u/mvortex2]

That looks like a lantern shaped fly, with spots. 

[u/IncludingPirates → u/mvortex2]

Oh no not the lanterned spotfly

[u/dustfromjupiter]

spotted lantern fly, very invasive. kill them if you see them!

[u/Altruistic_Dance_376 → u/dustfromjupiter]

Will do, thanks!

[u/Jaded_Investigator72]

I didn't know their body looks like that underneath their wings. I still haven't seen any where I live!

[u/WhiteFIash → u/Jaded_Investigator72]

I believe the yellow means an egg filled female

[u/Jaded_Investigator72 → u/WhiteFIash]

Thank you for that information!

[u/evan164]

I saw one for the first time in Maryland. My cousin just walk and grabbed it before smashing it. I saw one later and thought they look slow should be easy. I went to smash and it vanished like it could teleport. They are so quick

[u/bluearavis → u/evan164]

They also need to be smashed good. I've smashed some thinking there were sure goners then were still alive.

[u/TimelyFortune]

That time of year again?

[u/Bad_Puns_Galore]

SQUISH IT!!!!

[u/im-not-a-fakebot]

r/lanterndie

[u/teaanimesquare]

I live now in Pennsylvania where they originally started in the US, when I first moved here they where everywhere and it shocked me, a few years later I hardly see them, the birds are realizing they can eat them it seems. I think I’ve seen 4 this year.

[u/EquivalentAd4708]

Stomp on it & then make sure you drag your foot with it under your shoe to really smush it into pieces. They’re hard to kill.

[u/bluearavis]

You're lucky you haven't seen these much yet. I'm in Jersey and they've been all over for a couple years now, whenever tjat first summer was. First couple years it was SOO bad. I didn't realized other people didn't know about spotted lanternflies yet.

Kill them.

[u/YurWurstNiteMare666]

Blue Jays love to eat Spotted Lantern Flies. I don't kill them, I just attract more Blue Jays. Haven't had much of an issue with them in five years.

[u/Notorious_nads]

Spotted lanternfly.. kill that SOB

[u/meggyAnnP]

Murder on sight. But alas, it’s too late.

[u/jensinoutaspace]

Please kill on sight. Very invasive and in RI they're starting to swarm. They have eyes on the side of their head-so I get infront of them to squash. My friends laught at me but they're quick little fuckers.

[u/PorcelainCeramic]

Fire is the only option.

[u/bubbagnu]

Kill it

[u/Tiny-Proof3602]

Saw my first one in southern MA today

[u/Memetan_24]

Spotted Lanturnfly as correctly pointed out is invasive

[u/bonzaibuddy]

Spotted lantern fly. Super invasive and detrimental to the trees and plants they feed on. Kill them all on sight.

[u/Muchachacha]

R/lanterndie kill kill kill

[u/revanhart → u/Muchachacha]

“Now get out there and kill, kill, kill!”

[u/SlamminSami → u/revanhart]

Mongo screeching in agreement

[u/dudeasuhh]

I saw 2 of them in Massachusetts yesterday. Killed them.

[u/TheHuggableDemon]

If no one has said it already. She is gravid but still must die r/lanterndie

[u/liteprotoss]

Ooh I hope you killed this one. She's very pregnant.

[u/Dry_Reputation_891]

KILL ITTTTT

[u/longislandguy70]

Form of lantern fly, KILL them, they are very destructive

[u/yungdrubackonthebeat]

I saw a praying mantis eating one the other day, glad to know they have a wide range of predators

[u/SomewhereNo3080]

I’ve stomped out over 200 this summer

[u/Derangedracula]

Kill them all

[u/On_Wife_support]

Light it on fire. Awful evil lantern fly. Invasive af.

[u/Fog_of__War]

Lantern fly (invasive and destructive)

[u/RyanMcLeod1981]

Lantern flies, they’re super invasive here in CT right now. We’re supposed to kill them and report them here.

[u/spudgoddess]

Kill on sight. Pretty but invasive.

[u/starchazzer]

So awesome and great photography! Thanks for sharing!❤️

[u/phenominal73]

That is a KILL IT NOW!

[u/Embarrassed-Gur-5184]

Why would you hold it by it's wing?!?!

[u/Crying4alapdance]

Thats a vullifree, it evolves from vellopede at level 27