Spotted Lantern Flies

[TheDevilYouLove]

Bro is chillin. Anybody else seen these critters?

 

[RosterMan]

Kill it, they saw to report it as well.
Invasive species Bad

 

[NewbOldster]

Bro is chillin. Anybody else seen these critters?

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Bad bug. Get rid of it.

 

[RosterMan]

• What to do if you find spotted lanternflies in Maryland
  1. While sightings of spotted lanternfly in Harford or Cecil counties no longer need to be reported, residents of all other Maryland counties are urged to report observations of SLF to the Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) as soon as possible. Submit your report to the MDA online. Qu…
• Mechanical (non-chemical) control
  1. Kill spotted lanternfly adults and nymphs by crushing them with gloved hands, stomping on them by foot, smashing them with fly swatters or rackets, or drowning them in a container of soapy water or rubbing alcohol (isopropyl alcohol). 2. Scrape egg masses off of plants and hard …

See more on extension.umd.edu

 

[TheDevilYouLove]

Kill it, they saw to report it as well.
Invasive species Bad

I killed him seconds after this photo was taken. I’ve seen traps for them at the park.

 

[KGBSkunky]

They are hard to bring down with the salt gun…but once you become a professional lantern hunter you can inflict a mortal wound with two shots. Remember they are armored

 

[user 60570]

dam , that was scary

 

[RosterMan]

dam , that was scary

Dang good thing he killed its azz
We miss our chance to shoot something

 

[user 60570]

Dang good thing he killed its azz
We miss our chance to shoot something

I had to go find my safe spot after reading this Thread