You need to heccin STOMP the spotty lanterninos!
>>5169110Biggest nothingburger everIf it was officially introduced by the USDA nobody would bat an eyeBut no we need to get normies riled up and now everybody is an expert on how the environment works (native = good, everything nonnative = bad)
>>5169173>(native = good, everything nonnative = bad)What exactly is flawed about this reasoning? The majority of "non-native" species in this era were introduced by humans.
>>5169181The majority of nonnative species are harmless and are used as a scapegoat for other issues like habitat destruction
I don't care what people say I stomp them anyway because they are annoying and they fly right into me and I hate them. They are legitimately the biggest fucking retards in the insect kingdom. They will bump into everything possible then flip the fuck out. Yet they are also somehow fast enough to dodge my feet the first time I try to step on them then for some reason stay absolutely the fuck still on my 2nd successful stomp like their dodge is on cooldown. The one time I was able to go to the beach this summer I kept getting assaulted by these pricks and it never ended. I usually like insects but there is no love in my heart for these absolute bastards and I fully support their complete erasure from this Earth.
>>5169173Aren't American gray squirrels raping red squirrels to death on a regular basis in Europe right now?
>>5169189>then for some reason stay absolutely the fuck still on my 2nd successful stomp like their dodge is on cooldownIn laternfly culture, reputation and image is very important. If one laternfly evades another's attacks, it's considered "proof" of thier ability, so for someone to make another possibly futile attempt is simply unthinkable to them.
>>5169194Nice you looked up "invasive species" on google and picked the first one that popped up>The red squirrel is also less tolerant of habitat destruction and fragmentation, which has led to its population decline, while the more adaptable eastern gray squirrel has taken advantage and expanded. >However the results of a recent national squirrel survey suggested that the normally invasive grey squirrel had gone into decline in the Irish midlands, which was anecdotally attributed to an increase in European pine marten, Martes martes, range and numbers. >This study provides the first evidence of a regional grey squirrel population crash and suggests that European pine marten abundance may be a critical factor in the American grey squirrel’s success or failure as an invasive species.I'll let you figure this one out
This is just an excuse for normies to kill a bunch of living creatures and feel 'righteous' about it. Letting them indulge sadistic tendencies.
hate how big they are. if they were lady bug sized i probably wouldn't mind but they really freak me out with how fucking stupid they are for their size
Stomping lantern flies is pure reddit virtue signalling and won't make a dent in the population
>>5169173these things have taken over parts of nyc in the summer. they breed so much that the their existence is just crawling on top of each other. their microscopic heads are something only God could devise and they are harmless but a nuisance.
