I'm losing 3-2.
My son killed three spotted lantern flies in the last week and I've only killed two.
He's declared that the winner has to buy the loser a bottle of scotch. Fat chance, kid. You can't kill spotted lantern flies when you're drunk.
The spotted lantern fly is an invasive species that kills trees. It's native to Vietnam and China, but has found its way into Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey. They are a serious threat to forests and to agriculture.
They are beautiful looking insects, with a propensity to jump in their nymph form, although you can exhaust them by making them jump several times as you chase them down.
Spotted Lanternfly
Figure 1: Adult spotted lanternfly
Figure 2: Young juvenile spotted lanternfly.
Figure 4: Older juvenile spotted lanternfly.
Figure 6: Spotted lanterfly egg mass.
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There are some you run across in the forest that look positively machine made.
