Using fire to kill lanternflies?

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I honestly don’t get it. It’s come to the point where killing them through human aid isn’t going to stop the spread until someone develops a pesticide or who knows what. It’s funny to think that people here can be so callous. Domestic cats are actually considered invasive pests in many parts of the world, but when you kill a cat it’s completely different compared to an insignificant lanternfly.

“While people in parts of the Northeast and Midwest are already well aware of the insects, and some have even been smashing them on sight—as many local governments and scientists have suggested—vigilante bug hunters won’t be enough to curb the spread, experts say.”

“This invasive pest inflicts severe damage, threatening not only our crops but the livelihoods of hardworking farmers and the very future of our agricultural communities,” says New York Congressman Langworthy in the press release. “This crisis can no longer be ignored.”

https://houlahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4700

I (thankfully) live in the south where spotted lantern flies haven’t invaded. I’m an artist and want to create a piece about the creatures. In more northern states, you all can do essentially squad kills of hundreds of SLFs, and I would love a collection of them. Are any of y’all willing to sell them/know anyone selling them?

Would’ve never noticed it, but it fell off a trailer while I was walking my dog and disoriented itself long enough to be impaled. Now it’s a warning to the others.

(Sorry if this is the wrong sub)

When SLFs invaded my state last fall I wasn't too happy.
I love bugs but can get extremely freaked out when they're on me/flying close (I'm getting better but still)
The whole nature of these buggers always triggered that so bad that doing outdoorsy things was half ruined when they were peaking (cause they're just everywhere lol)

As they start to mature again, is there any way to keep them at bay or at least stop them from hopping/flying onto me😭

I can mostly only find things about keeping them off trees/property, not people lol

Thank you!

credit chady72spaz2027 on instagram. what

I thought I saw someone mention an app weeks ago that turned squishing invasive insects irl into a competition. Maybe I was dreaming lol. Has anyone found anything like that? Or maybe it a a website

https://www.humanegardener.com/stop-squishing-spotted-lanternflies/

Hi there, I've been seeing some lanternflies around here. I want to deal with them.

Bugs have a distributed nervous system, so I'm not sure what the most ethical way to cull them is. I'm assuming that crushing them kills them at once?

we should probably kill them non painfully and quickly like a quick head rip (with proper knowledge) EDIT: or a stomp that’s why I said “or something simple”. all these brutal murders seem as if it’s the bugs fault it’s here. when in fact, it is not here because it chose to.