Take them and stick them in to spider webs, feed them to mantises. If you hand feed them to local predators you'll teach those predators to go after them, like what divers are doing with lionfish
I don’t think that’s how insects work. Spiders are trappers and won’t even care what their prey is as long it’s in the net the same goes for trapdoors. And as for mantis they are stalker that goes for the nearest preys. At least that’s how I perceive it but I could be wrong.
Other guys right, insects will always go for whatever they can and the only deterrent that’ll usually work to repel a predator is one the prey item itself expels usually, like an ant spraying acid onto a mantis for getting too close
@Raegan Harrison spiders are creepy, but they are largely harmless. most of them are incapable of even biting, because their fangs are too blunt, in the case of tarantulas that eat soft bugs. or too small. most spiders would only bite if you pinned them against your skin.
They must be talking about them a lot in school because my 8 year old niece HATES them and I didn't understand why until now. I'm like, why is this girl so passionate about killing them? I knew they were invasive, but I didn't know how bad.
it should be taught in school. and im glad to hear it is now. Too many people don't care why airports dont allow organic products through and are careless about bringing plants or woods etc from one state to another. my sister that sells plants don't know its a thing. Not just lantern flies but any plant or insect that those plant might carry can become invasive.
Been seeing these things since before last summer. My town immediately had a notice posted that they’re invasive. My friends and I spent a day out in the yard together just whacking them with tennis rackets once because they were all over the oak tree in my yard. Thankfully, I’ve been seeing a lot less of them this year, and have been getting better at getting rid of them.
For some reason stepping on them worked a couple years ago, but this year they appear to have faster reflexes making it nearly impossible to just step on them.
Maybe we stepped on the slow ones over and over again, and ended up selecting for the ones that have faster reflexes? Bc those are the ones that survive to reproduce. (just a guess)
@@KatSpicert we learn not to be...so doesn't that mean that we originally are? Destructive, invasive etc. Do you know about Lord of the Flies? What do you think would happen in a scenario like that? Would we learn to get along or destroy each other?
@@napalmsf No, we weren't originally invasive as the ecology around us continued to thrive with humans, before we entered the industrial age. The Lord of the Flies example would more point towards tribalism within the species, as we in our early stages used to hunt in groups for our survival. Different tribes would fight eachother over resources or becausethey were different, which leads to our own downfall. But not towards nature.
@@napalmsf originally we weren’t, with tribes respecting land and animals, even when hunting and harvesting. Then some of us decided to do more harm, while the rest kept being resourceful and conservative with resources and such.
I get it. I know we can Google it easily, but it’s the principle of the thing 😂 don’t say “this is what they look like” and then show a frame for less than half a second lol
As a lifeguard, I've seen these things at their first evolutionary stage: just black spotted jumping bugs. Then overtime in late July I have seen their bodies go red and able to jump higher. Then mid August I began seeing their adult stage. They're really annoying at adulthood stage. They aren't great flyers but they'll try to land on anything that seems to be 'viable' for them. Just crush 'em if you see them.
My coworker and I go on a walk every day to get away from our computers, and about 3 weeks ago I spotted one, recognized it, caught it, reported it, and killed it. Now we usually cross 3-6 of them on each walk, and make a game of crushing them. They jump pretty far, but stumble and have to reset when they land. That's the best time to step on them. This morning, one landed right in front of my motorcycle (in the middle of the city!!) at a stoplight. Called it a 'steering exercise' to hit it when the light turned green. For once, I don't feel bad about killing bugs XD
@Bobby Link Prolly DNR (department of natural resources) for local state/area or smthn similar if you're actually curious. It depends on the area though.
I've lived where this bug first showed up in PA, and we have been dealing with them for like 6 years. There's nothing you can do. Don't waste your time with chemicals and crap. After a few years the birds eventually realize they are a food source and there won't be as many of them compared to the first years they show up in your area.
I hope you’re right, I was thinking the same thing, other animals have to just realize that this is food too, and it will even out, but it’s looking so crazy in some parts of New York city right now
With all due respect, I think that's what the people who introduced rabbits to Australia thought back in the 1800s. And they're the main reason why the rabbit-bandicoots were endangered.
I had never seen them before in my life. I was in Hagerstown Maryland the other day and there was SO MANY OF THEM!!! ALL OVER THE TOWN! They jump when you walk past them and flap their wings... One of them jumped on my neck as I walked under the tree..... THESE ARE A PROBLEM!
I live in Connecticut and these things have started to scare me. When i first enrolled into a new education, i only saw one of these every few months. After a year, im now seeing these everywhere when i walk home.
They are everywhere in Harford County. I heard spraying them with vinegar kills them. I don't know if it just causes them to fall down or kills them, I've been spraying them. I don't want so many bug guts on my shoes. Too many to squish.
It reminds me of the nasty fig beetle we have here in Southern CA. I hate that nasty bug. It just loves me. I’ve had to get three of them on separate occasions of my car.
I always called those guys Citrus beetles, now I know they are Fig beetles, because they are always on the orange tree here! Big shiny green and loves to fly into your head like a dumb drone. XD I like them but they can be mean and eat all my oranges before I get to one. Lol
@@izaak8056 Google is your best bet but they are huge buzzing green beetles. Related to Egyptian scarab beetles. You can always hear them before you see them. Clumsy as a bull in a China shop always bumping into things and people. They love fruit and flowers.
Mixture of dawn dish detergent and water is effective in killing them. Add mixture to a gallon pump sprayer and spray. The sprayer uses pressure so you don’t have to be too close to them to spray.
ah man,,, i was at Six Flags Great Adventure (NJ) last week and they were having a blast around the SkyScreamer. there were so many. many landed on me throughout the day but it is what it is. killed a few that i could,,, they jump away so fast!
Yeah six flags Great adventure is literally INFESTED with these things I couldn’t go on one ride without seeing them freaking everywhere. I was just there this Saturday
One of these things flew on my face out of nowhere and flew off as I was walking home. I’m out for revenge now! Im getting my fly swatter, heading to the park and taking out as many as I can. They messed with the wrong person!
Check the tree’s for their eggs around your area or whenever you walk around if you have them in your area. The eggs do overwinter and they will be able to spring out as soon as it’s warm again sadly.
Lol they been a huge issue here where I live in eastren Pennsylvania for years now. We been stomping, scrapping, crushing for awhile now. Also there is sticky tape you can get and wrapp your trees with. Just wrap it around the trunks. That also helps to catch them.
I have 4 spiders in my yard and I feed them 2 a day for the whole summer and the spiders are fat and healthy and loves me I think they know food comes when I get near them because they come out to the front of their web and wait for dinner
They grow a lot bigger than just a fingernail. I just had one come into my house. They also look brown when they’re older- and the red becomes noticeable when they spread they’re wings.
Raise a million native birds and feed them a lot of lanterflies then when they are released they go to town on them, and even teach other birds to eat them. Birds now eat stinkbugs, so why not lanternflies?
@@joshuagross3151 Fact checks say they aren't. They may accumulate toxins from plants they eat that are toxic. But those plants are not native here and would be invasive as well if they are.
@@markc2643 Yes, that makes them poisonous. The plant you're thinking of is the Tree of Heaven. They _are_ here and they're very common. You might know them better as _stinkwood._
@@Iceis_Phoenix I've lived in Monroeville and turtle Creek. I'm currently in Johnstown pa right now tho.... They are beautiful and they don't bother me none 😭😭😭😭
Spotted one in Baltimore MD 21217 in the parking lot at Shiloh apartments. Awesome looking bug, but didn't step on it, because I didn't know it was a invasive bug.
PT Alpine pesticide. Sprayed it around my door to my porch. They were attracted to it. Not long after they walked on it would they become paralyzed and die on their own. You’re supposed to spray it every 30 days but it’s been over a year and it still works. The pesticide is illegal for home use in certain states, so you will want to check on that first. I’m not sure if you can spray it on plants.
You think people stompping on it in the small area they live in will make a difference? Why does the media always think everyone is stupid oh I guess because they are
@@jjjjjj192 🤔 Bro… you realize there are processes in place that have to occur for he/she to spend or allocate funds to something right? I’m pretty sure even if they are the governor, other hands are in the cookie jar who will be able to approve/disapprove of his financial decisions
@@Imreydance Get bug traps and a metal fence to lure the lattern flies in, that what the governor should do. There should be a group effort to get rid of the lattern flies.
these spotted lanterflies are really attracted to Chinese cedar or Chinese toona trees. I have a small cherries orchard with only one Chinese toona tree planted not too far away. but each year I can only find spotted lanterflies on this single tree, it's their nature to bond with Chinese toona. but sadly Chinese toona is also a invasive tree species. if you plant them, you have to keep an eye on them cause they tend to spread by roots very quick
Yet another reason for me to not want an ailanthus tree (the oxymoronically-named Tree of Heaven) on my property-the trouble is, several neighbors have them in THEIR yards!
Then you'd have to deal with the predator. Hawaii was plagued by rats that had stowed away on ship for years. They were threatening local fauna and damaging structures. So, they introduced cats, which quickly brought the rat population to heel. After a few years, the cats had begun to spread like wildfire and were starting to threaten local bird populations. They're still dealing with that problem today. The problem with invasive species of _any_ sort is that they have no natural counter, meaning they can spread fast and grow hardier.
I agree with you. It’d have to be well thought out on which predator to use. There have been a few cases where it’s worked without damage to ecosystems but it is a lot harder. Here’s praying they find maybe something already in our ecosystem that could eat it and all they’d need to do is reproduce that animal to greater numbers that way it could be less damaging. Perhaps a type of bird or something.
Im sure Biden would want to squish the latternflies too! It is up to all of us to solve the problem. Lots of comments here saying that the bug got away and many did not know what to do with the bugs upsets me deeply. Try your best to squish the bugs.
If this is helpful for anyone, with a lot of vegetation on their property, we ordered a few cocoons of praying mantises, and they are carnivorous, and may help to keep the population of lantern bugs down to an extent
I saw one for the first time about four weeks ago (I'm outside and garden a lot), and since then, I have seen a few every single day. I don't think killing them does anything meaningful. I see them land high up on a telephone poll, and what about all of the ones in the surrounding miles of land? They're here to stay, like it or not. The best and only meaningful solution now is to import a specialist predator species or a fungal disease that only affects the lantern fly, because they aren't going anywhere if some people squish a few of them.
Sorry peps I step on them now, but I was battling the moral implications of squashing a bunch of bugs when they had no way of fighting back 😮💨Skype? Edit: for no reason they seem pretty stupid and they just stand around they don't bite or anything
@@Rob_Gene07 I understand where you're coming from. It takes a REAL man to have compassion and to think twice before killing a bug that doesn't have a chance to get away or defend itself. 👍
we are invaded here in Pennsylvania we lost a huge silver maple tree in our yard. As you drive through Huntingdon County Pennsylvania you can see the devastation of tree's.
Practically zero tree mortality here in PA. Please don't overreact and spray your landscape trees with insecticide. It's not necessary. They do however damage crop fruit buy depositing their honeydew on the fruit, which then turns black from mold.
I took a ride through PA last weekend with my parents and the amount of dead trees we saw was astounding!! Lantern flies were everywhere! This is not about overreacting, this is about facts.
@@missycitty9478 The dead trees you saw were ash trees which have died as a result of the Emerald ash borer... no connection to the spotted lantern fly. Pa has an estimated310 million ash trees and it is expected that we will lose upwards of 95 percent of them. To treat EAB each ash tree would need to be injected _(not sprayed) every year... and this would need to be done extremely early as soon as the EAB larvae are deposited under the bark. Spotted Lantern Fly requires a different method of treatment.
The people they interviewed and the field reporter are the characters introduced at the beginning of the disaster movie, they will have to work together to eliminate the threat and save the world.
Just like 2 weeks ago I saw one of those in my backyard trying to land on me, I didn't know what it was so I started throwing my basketball at it until it went on the floor and I stomped it out
Lmao are you serious? This bug which you didn’t know was an issue (& is entirely harmless to you)… that’s the way you had to react to it? 😂 God help us all. The sentient & competent consciousness of our ancestors that made our lives possible is being completely undone in a handful of generations in this upside down modern world 🤦🏻♀️
I did too! Was on a road trip in PA two days ago and stopped at a gas station. Saw it flying around while stretching my legs and thought it was a cool looking bug. I took a picture and posted it on instagram. Didn’t know that it was invasive until my friends told me while I showed them
I’m reminded of locusts… I’m starting to think those end of times people may be on to something. Is it just the cycle of Earth, or is it just that we have social media and see these things more often?!?
This shouldn’t be our problem. More than likely this is the cause of something our officials caused and if not this is nature taking course. If I see one, it will be spared every time unless it breaks my indoor rule 🤷♂️
They are native to China and likely accidentally came over from a lumber transport. No one brought them over intentionally. You’re doing a bigger favor to nature by killing them or feeding them to something due to the sheer damage they cause to plant biodiversity
Take them and stick them in to spider webs, feed them to mantises. If you hand feed them to local predators you'll teach those predators to go after them, like what divers are doing with lionfish
That’s actually smart. I’ve never heard of divers that did something similar. Interesting
I don’t think that’s how insects work. Spiders are trappers and won’t even care what their prey is as long it’s in the net the same goes for trapdoors. And as for mantis they are stalker that goes for the nearest preys. At least that’s how I perceive it but I could be wrong.
@@johnfulton4952 hey man those Chinese native immigrants put in good work
I keep seeimg them whenever i go to maryland, luckily i havent seen any in wv
Other guys right, insects will always go for whatever they can and the only deterrent that’ll usually work to repel a predator is one the prey item itself expels usually, like an ant spraying acid onto a mantis for getting too close
I been seeing a lot of these in Brooklyn this year, always ran from them. Now I know that they don’t bite it’s stomping time
You ain't lying!!! I saw the red thing with the straw like wtf is that and I'm in Michigan so they already here unfortunately
Yea there were a lot in staten island just gliding off of trees, one even smacked into my friend's face. I'm starting to see them now in brooklyn.
See them alot in New Jersey. Always stomping time when I see that red
@@m4x927 There's a lot of them in Staten Island. A bunch near the verrazano
Thank you for your service Sandy.
We really need to thank the spiders, the web by my front door has about ten...
@Raegan Harrison spiders are creepy, but they are largely harmless. most of them are incapable of even biting, because their fangs are too blunt, in the case of tarantulas that eat soft bugs. or too small. most spiders would only bite if you pinned them against your skin.
Those are going to be some fat spiders lol
They must be talking about them a lot in school because my 8 year old niece HATES them and I didn't understand why until now. I'm like, why is this girl so passionate about killing them? I knew they were invasive, but I didn't know how bad.
Omg Hilarious
😂😂😂😭😭😭 adorable
That's adorable 😂
it should be taught in school. and im glad to hear it is now. Too many people don't care why airports dont allow organic products through and are careless about bringing plants or woods etc from one state to another. my sister that sells plants don't know its a thing. Not just lantern flies but any plant or insect that those plant might carry can become invasive.
Thays a horrible story you should go to your school and tell them to not teach your kids tonhate
I'm getting so many Starship Troopers vibes right now.
"THE ONLY GOOD BUG IS A DEAD BUG."
@@aronm5329 "They're doing their part. Are you? Join the Mobile Infantry today and save the world. Service guarantees citizenship."
Give it a cookie
😂😂😂
Where the kids are stomping the bugs to death and the adults are clapping and cheering them on.
@@evettc7887 Yes exactly.
Been seeing these things since before last summer. My town immediately had a notice posted that they’re invasive. My friends and I spent a day out in the yard together just whacking them with tennis rackets once because they were all over the oak tree in my yard. Thankfully, I’ve been seeing a lot less of them this year, and have been getting better at getting rid of them.
Nice job, keep it up. 👍
They're fairly slow and clumsy. They don't even react much when u're near them, I've seen a video where someone was just vacuuming them off of a tree.
Your backyard is Gotham. The moths think you're hiding in the shadows....but you are the shadows...
They die after the first frost or two, but their egg sacks survive the Winter. The egg sacks are what really need to be destroyed!
@@BST-lm4po what do their egg sacks look like? I’m not good with identifying those /gen
For some reason stepping on them worked a couple years ago, but this year they appear to have faster reflexes making it nearly impossible to just step on them.
Maybe we stepped on the slow ones over and over again, and ended up selecting for the ones that have faster reflexes? Bc those are the ones that survive to reproduce. (just a guess)
@@RainebowEvee I thought so
@@RainebowEvee makes sense
That's how evolution works
@@hadisoufi7752 this is adaptation, not evolution
As someone who hates bugs with a passion, I would GLADLY ERASE THIS BUG!!!.
Same!! I saw a bunch today in Western PA and I'm absolutely disgusted.
I hate bugs , i know a lot of them are important for the ecology . But also a lot of them are extremely harmful for both ecology and people .
Kinda like humans
@@napalmsf But our species alone isn't invasive, rather our practices we choose to do that's invasive. We learn not to be.
@@KatSpicert we learn not to be...so doesn't that mean that we originally are? Destructive, invasive etc. Do you know about Lord of the Flies? What do you think would happen in a scenario like that? Would we learn to get along or destroy each other?
@@napalmsf No, we weren't originally invasive as the ecology around us continued to thrive with humans, before we entered the industrial age. The Lord of the Flies example would more point towards tribalism within the species, as we in our early stages used to hunt in groups for our survival. Different tribes would fight eachother over resources or becausethey were different, which leads to our own downfall. But not towards nature.
@@napalmsf originally we weren’t, with tribes respecting land and animals, even when hunting and harvesting.
Then some of us decided to do more harm, while the rest kept being resourceful and conservative with resources and such.
They’re pretty offensive too when your walking down the street they jump at you if you get too close.
That’s literally never happened to me or anyone I know
yeah i hate that! when i’m out grilling they’ll jump on me and even though i know they don’t bite it still kinda freaks me out
I HATE them. They jump at me and it’s like they’re on a mission even if u swat them away they come back
@@genesis3790it happened to me! One jumped on my shoulder!!
@@genesis3790consider yourself lucky!! I lost ten yrs off my life!!
I would have liked to be able to actually see what the eggs look like before cutting to the next scene
I get it. I know we can Google it easily, but it’s the principle of the thing 😂 don’t say “this is what they look like” and then show a frame for less than half a second lol
@@Rhov9 Just ask Siri or something
As a lifeguard, I've seen these things at their first evolutionary stage: just black spotted jumping bugs. Then overtime in late July I have seen their bodies go red and able to jump higher. Then mid August I began seeing their adult stage.
They're really annoying at adulthood stage. They aren't great flyers but they'll try to land on anything that seems to be 'viable' for them. Just crush 'em if you see them.
My coworker and I go on a walk every day to get away from our computers, and about 3 weeks ago I spotted one, recognized it, caught it, reported it, and killed it.
Now we usually cross 3-6 of them on each walk, and make a game of crushing them. They jump pretty far, but stumble and have to reset when they land. That's the best time to step on them.
This morning, one landed right in front of my motorcycle (in the middle of the city!!) at a stoplight. Called it a 'steering exercise' to hit it when the light turned green. For once, I don't feel bad about killing bugs XD
@Bobby Link Prolly DNR (department of natural resources) for local state/area or smthn similar if you're actually curious. It depends on the area though.
I seen them in the park i work at Hamilton Fish Recreation Center.
Haha!!
Ride safely !
I've lived where this bug first showed up in PA, and we have been dealing with them for like 6 years. There's nothing you can do. Don't waste your time with chemicals and crap. After a few years the birds eventually realize they are a food source and there won't be as many of them compared to the first years they show up in your area.
I hope you’re right, I was thinking the same thing, other animals have to just realize that this is food too, and it will even out, but it’s looking so crazy in some parts of New York city right now
What's your proof that they're being eaten?
I say keep killing them regardless.
Exactly!!!! Let the birds get them.
@@ThereAreNoBlackPplI seen spiders eating them
With all due respect, I think that's what the people who introduced rabbits to Australia thought back in the 1800s. And they're the main reason why the rabbit-bandicoots were endangered.
I would freak out if I see that many outside my door.
I would hire someone to burn my place down.
They can't sting, bite or hurt you
@@Abeo93 it’s not about any of that but that is like a plague. Nope.
“Bringing another species here to get rid of them”
Humans: Hey, that’s our job.
I had never seen them before in my life. I was in Hagerstown Maryland the other day and there was SO MANY OF THEM!!! ALL OVER THE TOWN! They jump when you walk past them and flap their wings... One of them jumped on my neck as I walked under the tree..... THESE ARE A PROBLEM!
I live in Connecticut and these things have started to scare me. When i first enrolled into a new education, i only saw one of these every few months. After a year, im now seeing these everywhere when i walk home.
I don't know how they're crushing em. They have quick reflexes. They jump out of the way before I can get em
They are everywhere in Harford County. I heard spraying them with vinegar kills them. I don't know if it just causes them to fall down or kills them, I've been spraying them. I don't want so many bug guts on my shoes. Too many to squish.
I seen just 6 in the last hour out here in edgewood
Then report it to help increase there efforts to decrease there population.
Yes I’m there and it crazy there all over restaurants and everywhere . I didn’t even know they were killing the economy
Dawn dish soap and water kills them
@@allisonnn_xo no way I used to live in Edgewood! lol random comment.
It’s like they appeared outta nowhere I swear
Thx China!!
It reminds me of the nasty fig beetle we have here in Southern CA. I hate that nasty bug. It just loves me. I’ve had to get three of them on separate occasions of my car.
What do the fig beetles look like?
Omg nooo I just saw one yesterday on my door trying to get into my apartment
I always called those guys Citrus beetles, now I know they are Fig beetles, because they are always on the orange tree here!
Big shiny green and loves to fly into your head like a dumb drone. XD I like them but they can be mean and eat all my oranges before I get to one. Lol
@@izaak8056 Google is your best bet but they are huge buzzing green beetles. Related to Egyptian scarab beetles. You can always hear them before you see them. Clumsy as a bull in a China shop always bumping into things and people. They love fruit and flowers.
Their easy to step on if you come at them from the front! If u try from the back theyll jump away.
Thanks for the HACK!
And they are fast when they jump! I spray them with Fantastic. Works like a charm.
Mixture of dawn dish detergent and water is effective in killing them. Add mixture to a gallon pump sprayer and spray. The sprayer uses pressure so you don’t have to be too close to them to spray.
just make sure is not a plant you have to eat later.
Sounds more like giving them a bath as opposed to killing them…will only DAWN work or can I use JOY?😏
@@romeredubost6971 ...most gardening books say "use dish detergent"...so any brand will do.☺
ah man,,, i was at Six Flags Great Adventure (NJ) last week and they were having a blast around the SkyScreamer. there were so many. many landed on me throughout the day but it is what it is. killed a few that i could,,, they jump away so fast!
You should tell the amusement park about this, then they should go after it.
i would have asked for my money bag. i didn't ask for bugs.
Yeah six flags Great adventure is literally INFESTED with these things I couldn’t go on one ride without seeing them freaking everywhere. I was just there this Saturday
@ Actually getting a refund would most likely not work in this case, but it is the parks fault she had to encounter these bugs.
@@officialj-rem4756 Good to know, I will send the park a letter. I will bring this to their attention.
I have grapes growing all over my front yard and these things are everywhere I live in Connecticut
One of these things flew on my face out of nowhere and flew off as I was walking home. I’m out for revenge now! Im getting my fly swatter, heading to the park and taking out as many as I can. They messed with the wrong person!
They have a beautiful pattern on their back.
I’ve see them all over New York City. Kinda pretty looking.
Can they survive the winter? I'vs see them a lot during the summer but I hope when fall and winter comes they decrease
Idk about the winter but they lay eggs in September
Like most bugs they probably just freeze somewhere safe and come out when it gets warm again
They freeze in the winter and die off. But their eggs don’t. They lay them in sept until they die and then those can last until spring
Check the tree’s for their eggs around your area or whenever you walk around if you have them in your area. The eggs do overwinter and they will be able to spring out as soon as it’s warm again sadly.
All the adults die in winter but the eggs survive. If you see them make sure to give it the belt so hard that even dead lantern flies can feel it
Lol they been a huge issue here where I live in eastren Pennsylvania for years now. We been stomping, scrapping, crushing for awhile now. Also there is sticky tape you can get and wrapp your trees with. Just wrap it around the trunks. That also helps to catch them.
@Shae 9 Hershey has been invated like crazy. I'm a Hersheypark goer on a weekly basis and I been seeing them there
@Shae 9 lol I was there yesterday and no lie I got nailed in the face by one while riding Candymonium.
One of these pesky bugs flew into my highrise apt on a very high floor I couldn't believe it. I squashed it in 2 seconds.
I always see them when we go to sesame place in Pennsylvania!! Crazy!!
Can't walk out my front door without hitting me in the head.
THERE EVERYWHERE IN JERSEY
2:54 i love all the disgusted groans after they see that big pile of bugs😂
I have 4 spiders in my yard and I feed them 2 a day for the whole summer and the spiders are fat and healthy and loves me I think they know food comes when I get near them because they come out to the front of their web and wait for dinner
They grow a lot bigger than just a fingernail. I just had one come into my house. They also look brown when they’re older- and the red becomes noticeable when they spread they’re wings.
Ooooh! So that’s what they are! This is my first year seeing them and they’re EVERYWHERE 😭!
Ikr I live in north NJ and they are everywhere!!
They don't bite but danger to tree or our fruits
Thank you yet again Asia.
Another gift from china
@@Lefty20242 "Return to sender"
Raise a million native birds and feed them a lot of lanterflies then when they are released they go to town on them, and even teach other birds to eat them. Birds now eat stinkbugs, so why not lanternflies?
Lanternflies are poisonous, for one.
@Biglyp "...makes them less likely to eat them."
@@joshuagross3151 Fact checks say they aren't. They may accumulate toxins from plants they eat that are toxic. But those plants are not native here and would be invasive as well if they are.
@@markc2643 Yes, that makes them poisonous.
The plant you're thinking of is the Tree of Heaven. They _are_ here and they're very common. You might know them better as _stinkwood._
@@joshuagross3151 they are NOT poisonous. The Colors are to fool anything but they aren't poisonous
I've been finding these in Pittsburgh pa the past few weeks
I live in Monroeville theyre all ovsr
@@Iceis_Phoenix I've lived in Monroeville and turtle Creek. I'm currently in Johnstown pa right now tho.... They are beautiful and they don't bother me none 😭😭😭😭
Just saw one the other day. Crushed it.
Never seen one. Barely even see cicadas anymore. I used to see their exoskeletons everywhere growing up
bumper crop of cicada expskeletons this year central FL !
I just saw one today for the first time in nyc, never seen a cicada once
I’ve seen 100’s of live cicadas in AZ this summer.
We need a predator of lantern flies.
There aren’t enough humans to combat an infestation…unless we could train cats…never mind! 😂
Mantises are a pretty good predator, though where lantern flies are, there isn’t usually a lot of mantises. So it sucks
I heard certain wasps from oversea would make a good predator... tho maybe not a good companion...
Spotted one in Baltimore MD 21217 in the parking lot at Shiloh apartments. Awesome looking bug, but didn't step on it, because I didn't know it was a invasive bug.
get em next time
These things are all over New Jersey.
Yup, saw a ton of them at six flags the other day.
@@destinyd9287 Send 'em six flags under
I saw these after coming back from Texas about a year ago after 6 months I’m like what invasion is going on here☠️
Arborists (our country's most underrated heros) to the rescue!
PT Alpine pesticide. Sprayed it around my door to my porch. They were attracted to it. Not long after they walked on it would they become paralyzed and die on their own. You’re supposed to spray it every 30 days but it’s been over a year and it still works. The pesticide is illegal for home use in certain states, so you will want to check on that first. I’m not sure if you can spray it on plants.
Another present 🎁 from our friends in China.
"Package rejected"
I live in Maryland and they are all over. I believe they sucked my sunflowers dry😮
All these regulations on ag shipping restrictions, and they still can't prevent dangerous foreign pests from invading.
Just like how condoms don't prevent every pregnancy
You think people stompping on it in the small area they live in will make a difference? Why does the media always think everyone is stupid oh I guess because they are
So we should leave them alone, then?
Pennsylvania blew it, they started in Berks county 2012, you can blame our Governor and DEP for not doing a thing, and still doing nothing...
Bro what… what is the governor going to do?
@@Imreydance Use funds to fumigate obviously! 🤷🏻♂️🤯
@@jjjjjj192 🤔 Bro… you realize there are processes in place that have to occur for he/she to spend or allocate funds to something right? I’m pretty sure even if they are the governor, other hands are in the cookie jar who will be able to approve/disapprove of his financial decisions
@@Imreydance Get bug traps and a metal fence to lure the lattern flies in, that what the governor should do.
There should be a group effort to get rid of the lattern flies.
@@ciaragarrity6425 So you participating too? Or is it just the governor’s responsibility?
I went to six flags over in New Jersey and these things has taken over the whole park you can’t go a second without seeing them flying around
these spotted lanterflies are really attracted to Chinese cedar or Chinese toona trees. I have a small cherries orchard with only one Chinese toona tree planted not too far away. but each year I can only find spotted lanterflies on this single tree, it's their nature to bond with Chinese toona. but sadly Chinese toona is also a invasive tree species. if you plant them, you have to keep an eye on them cause they tend to spread by roots very quick
Yet another reason for me to not want an ailanthus tree (the oxymoronically-named Tree of Heaven) on my property-the trouble is, several neighbors have them in THEIR yards!
@@dragondancer1814 sure，they gonna spread everywhere
Did you call neighbors out on this abuse of economy / ecology?
Does anyone else see the "coincidences?"
All over in NJ. All over my yard and I can’t take them. They jump at you and I’m terrified of bugs.
Does bug spray work against them?
Hahahahahaahahaha
There are so many of these bugs in NYC now,they are flying to you,making you feel awful,they are also jumping if you try to step on them.
I saw a bunch today in nyc. I think this is a resistance is futile situation. They seem to be spreading fast. 😔
Beautiful creature. I love them.
They need to introduce a predator that likes to eat it, someone tell the Amish too.
Then you'd have to deal with the predator. Hawaii was plagued by rats that had stowed away on ship for years. They were threatening local fauna and damaging structures. So, they introduced cats, which quickly brought the rat population to heel.
After a few years, the cats had begun to spread like wildfire and were starting to threaten local bird populations. They're still dealing with that problem today.
The problem with invasive species of _any_ sort is that they have no natural counter, meaning they can spread fast and grow hardier.
I agree with you. It’d have to be well thought out on which predator to use. There have been a few cases where it’s worked without damage to ecosystems but it is a lot harder. Here’s praying they find maybe something already in our ecosystem that could eat it and all they’d need to do is reproduce that animal to greater numbers that way it could be less damaging. Perhaps a type of bird or something.
@@Reelunique Why not use humans as the natural predator? We don't have to eat them, just wipe out the population.
@@joshuagross3151 Yeah good point I just don’t have faith in mankind to do it alone I guess lol.
@@Reelunique Never underestimate the power of a 9 year old boy with a magnifying glass.
I've stomped on quite a few in Brooklyn
The next president I vote for must make extinguishing spotted lanternflies a top priority!
Im sure Biden would want to squish the latternflies too!
It is up to all of us to solve the problem.
Lots of comments here saying that the bug got away and many did not know what to do with the bugs upsets me deeply.
Try your best to squish the bugs.
We have killed several I'm in new york, they jump to and are fast. I'm in bensonhurst bklyn ny
If this is helpful for anyone, with a lot of vegetation on their property, we ordered a few cocoons of praying mantises, and they are carnivorous, and may help to keep the population of lantern bugs down to an extent
The plant needs those plant juices 😂😂
aka blood lol
What to do? “Squish it!” 😹
I’m from New York and there was one in my lawn
I saw one for the first time about four weeks ago (I'm outside and garden a lot), and since then, I have seen a few every single day. I don't think killing them does anything meaningful. I see them land high up on a telephone poll, and what about all of the ones in the surrounding miles of land? They're here to stay, like it or not. The best and only meaningful solution now is to import a specialist predator species or a fungal disease that only affects the lantern fly, because they aren't going anywhere if some people squish a few of them.
These are bad in western Pennsylvania currently
I'm in Johnstown pa , I see them. But they're not bad they just hang out and mind their own business 😭😭😭😭😭
I seen a bunch in the wood trails, I didn't know what to do so I let them grow all summer, they seem pretty dumb. Kinda cute tbh
Big mistake! You should have squished them and their egg patches.
Yeah Robert. It is all your fault. If you'd killed them we wouldn't all be in this mess...
Sorry peps I step on them now, but I was battling the moral implications of squashing a bunch of bugs when they had no way of fighting back 😮💨Skype? Edit: for no reason they seem pretty stupid and they just stand around they don't bite or anything
@@Rob_Gene07 I understand where you're coming from. It takes a REAL man to have compassion and to think twice before killing a bug that doesn't have a chance to get away or defend itself. 👍
@@Rob_Gene07
Oh my god you are so soft. Dont breed
we are invaded here in Pennsylvania we lost a huge silver maple tree in our yard. As you drive through Huntingdon County Pennsylvania you can see the devastation of tree's.
I honestly really like the idea of a scientist bringing another bug here to go after the lantern flies. I hope they do.
They are fast and hard to step on
Get them from the front. They only hop forward
Practically zero tree mortality here in PA. Please don't overreact and spray your landscape trees with insecticide. It's not necessary. They do however damage crop fruit buy depositing their honeydew on the fruit, which then turns black from mold.
I took a ride through PA last weekend with my parents and the amount of dead trees we saw was astounding!! Lantern flies were everywhere!
This is not about overreacting, this is about facts.
@@missycitty9478 If you got the exact location of where you found the bugs, you should capture them and step on them.
@@missycitty9478 The dead trees you saw were ash trees which have died as a result of the Emerald ash borer... no connection to the spotted lantern fly. Pa has an estimated310 million ash trees and it is expected that we will lose upwards of 95 percent of them. To treat EAB each ash tree would need to be injected _(not sprayed) every year... and this would need to be done extremely early as soon as the EAB larvae are deposited under the bark. Spotted Lantern Fly requires a different method of treatment.
Demand CS ftw! They deteriorate and fall apart.
Don't spray around edible fruits though or around plants that the honey bees like.
The people they interviewed and the field reporter are the characters introduced at the beginning of the disaster movie, they will have to work together to eliminate the threat and save the world.
This is the comment right here! 👆🏽
The person interviewed is the one who gets covered by them and his juices sucked out while the Reporter watches on, and Reports it
Just like 2 weeks ago I saw one of those in my backyard trying to land on me, I didn't know what it was so I started throwing my basketball at it until it went on the floor and I stomped it out
cool story....bro
Lmao are you serious? This bug which you didn’t know was an issue (& is entirely harmless to you)… that’s the way you had to react to it? 😂 God help us all. The sentient & competent consciousness of our ancestors that made our lives possible is being completely undone in a handful of generations in this upside down modern world 🤦🏻♀️
@@lolawants2008 what
@@marcusatm exactly
You played dodgeball with a bug, then cheated by stomping it, instead of hitting it with the ball
This is way too similar to starship troopers 😳
I spotted one in Pittsburgh, PA, unfortunately it got away
I’ve seen them numerous times this summer in Southern NJ - and I’ve killed a few of them (some got away too though). They are gross 🤢
I did too! Was on a road trip in PA two days ago and stopped at a gas station. Saw it flying around while stretching my legs and thought it was a cool looking bug. I took a picture and posted it on instagram. Didn’t know that it was invasive until my friends told me while I showed them
Now they're all over Pittsburgh
I've seen this channel this guy has a mantis and he always sees spotted lanterflys and his mantis cheese them down
Ooo! Look at the pretty Spotted Lanternfly, with those pretty pink and black spotted wings on him!…..SPLAT!!!!! 😂😂😂😂
@April Miles do you step on them too?
@@RobPeoples27 No. I’ve never seen or heard of them until today.
@@aprilmiles3561 Where are you located? They're everywhere in Southern PA. Total menace.
This is why you do not ban pesticides and fertilizer people
Imagine if humans were this aggresive to other human invasors
If that were the case, then colonialism wouldn't have existed 😂
2:37 „everybody can do their part“ now I want to see that scene from Starship troopers with lantern flies
Whoah I saw one of those just yesterday. I live in Omaha Nebraska
so I guess they have spread farther west than Indiana.
There's a way to report them online- I'd search up the local forest/agriculture number and report it ASAP
@@HybridMiranda Thanks. I intend to report it. . Luckily my cat killed it and I haven't seen any more of them so far.
I live in northern Kansas so I will be on the lookout for them.
Saw one today for the first time first time seeing in NY
I’m reminded of locusts… I’m starting to think those end of times people may be on to something. Is it just the cycle of Earth, or is it just that we have social media and see these things more often?!?
it's ecological disruption due to human behavior
Gods fighting back with lanternflys 😂🫶🏾🐞
Your telling me the government didn’t make these
Maybe the Chinese gov't introduced them to infest other places
just spotted on in my bathroom in Minnesota
Found some in Keasbey, NJ. This was found next to a Distribution Center/warehouse.
Only somes? they are practically everywhere in NJ since last year
I haven’t seen any in south FL where I live, thank goodness
They're not small as far as bugs go
Thank you! That’s what I was thinking 😂 they are big enough for it to be gross when you squish them 🤢
@@Rhov9 yes‼️
I purposely stepped on one outside my house today 😅
GOOD
This shouldn’t be our problem. More than likely this is the cause of something our officials caused and if not this is nature taking course. If I see one, it will be spared every time unless it breaks my indoor rule 🤷♂️
They are native to China and likely accidentally came over from a lumber transport. No one brought them over intentionally. You’re doing a bigger favor to nature by killing them or feeding them to something due to the sheer damage they cause to plant biodiversity
It's funny. I haven't seen any major discussion about them being a major ecological threat, just an economic one.
Amen, no killing here
We are in Gettysburg. They are everywhere here!
I literally just found one in my house today and then this video pops up! I didnt know about this so i got him outside and set him free. I didnt know!
Go get you a bug a salt gun and get ahead.
Lmao
You monster.
@@joshuagross3151 better than being drowned in hand sanitizer.
You've doomed the planet😱
Ever try to step on one of these things? They are fast little buggers and fly out of the way before your foot comes down.