{"id":1836,"date":"2025-01-09T03:03:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T01:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noa24.press\/?p=1836"},"modified":"2025-01-09T03:03:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T01:03:24","slug":"if-you-ever-see-this-winged-creature-near-your-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noa24.press\/?p=1836","title":{"rendered":"If you ever see this winged creature near your home.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>People across the eastern United States are waging war against a menacing\u00a0creature\u00a0that aims to\u00a0destroy\u00a0everything it\u00a0touches.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>The spotted lanternfly appears to be harmless but if you see one of these highly invasive bugs, show it no mercy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Keep reading to learn about the bug that you need to kill!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><\/div>\n<p>If you look up lanternfly on social media, you\u2019ll find several posts of people sharing their kills of these bugs, native to China, that start mating in late summer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1433490808989179909&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fen.newsner.com%2Fnews%2Fif-you-ever-see-this-winged-creature-near-your-home-you-might-want-to-consider-getting-rid-of-it%2F&amp;sessionId=4d91671569fd1349568c74126dcc54ff66bc4431&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1433490808989179909\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-origwidth=\"\" data-origheight=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div id=\"mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc_1\" class=\"mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc mmt-primary mmt-flight\">\n<div id=\"mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc_1_zonewrap\">\n<div id=\"mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc_1_zone\">\n<div id=\"mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc_1_0_col\">\n<div id=\"mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc_1_1_ad\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/20842576,23148155025\/KYC01M\/KYC01M-DDL.A_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc_1_2_ad\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/20842576,23148155025\/KYC01M\/KYC01M-DDL.A_1__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc_1_1_col\">\n<div id=\"mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc_1_3_ad\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/20842576,23148155025\/KYC01M\/KYC01M-DDL.A_2__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc_1_4_ad\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/20842576,23148155025\/KYC01M\/KYC01M-DDL.A_3__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cRun over by my car because apparently this lanternfly is a horribly invasive species and everyone should be murdering them,\u201d writes New Jersey\u2019s social media influencer Marques Brownlee.<\/p>\n<p>Another user shares his triumph over his recent kills: \u201cOut for a walk, saw a spotted lanternfly. STOMP. Yay! 10 feet further on, ooh, another one. STOMP. Yay!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" 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