The Unofficial "Official" Spotted Lanternfly Thread

I killed a paltry four lanternflies yesterday afternoon, and when I was at our main building today I didn't see any, so I haven't killed any yet today...

 

Meanwhile, this lucky bastard just east of Harrisburg has killed over 860 of them!

 

Those markers near my current location on the map are the four I killed yesterday...

 

Not a whole helluva lot today...

 

Killed one at work today!

 

Got one winged bastard today...

 

I'm glad that the lanternfly population is considerably lower this year than in 2019 and 2020, but I really miss squishing the little winged bastards!

 

That little blue dot represents my current location, and the red pin represents the single lanternfly I killed at work exactly a week ago...

 

Just steps away from where my supervisor and I did the photo shoot yesterday evening; You'd think this area would be teeming with them...

 

I almost stepped on a snake while walking back here, but I've seen no lanternflies; The snake was relatively small, and black with stripes running the length of its body that appeared to be yellow. I believe it was a garter snake, but I'm not entirely sure; It slithered away quickly and didn't try to attack, so that doesn't sound like a poisonous snake to me...

 

My place of employment is usually full of lanternflies, but not much this year...

 

Wow.

 

Over 4,150 kills since October 2019; Not bad!

 

Lots of winged bastards in Lancaster!