Think some are doing that now. They only taste bad when they eat princess tree sap, and while we do have princess trees around we have more trees that aren't.
Think some are doing that now. They only taste bad when they eat princess tree sap, and while we do have princess trees around we have more trees that aren't.
Crows will find some ridiculous out of the way method to avoid the bad taste. Soon we'll start seeing those motherfuckers seasoning their bugs.
Oh yeah, I read it all right. It's just >once the population has finished decimating their local food source, they move to the next area to do the exact same thing there
isn't exactly a sound argument against stopping invasive species
>I didn't hear about it, must not have been an issue
Wow. You know a population takes time to grow, right?
>That's the whole problem with invasive species. They have NO natural predators in their non-native environment,
If only there were some kind of hyper-predatory generalist animal that people thought were cute
Do you really think we wouldn't have done that if it was a viable option? What do you think extension does all day?
Seriously. This Stomp the Bug meme just came out of nowhere.
[...]
THIS THIS THIS
Invasive species are a very telling gauge of how insane normalcattle really are under the mask. For some reason when something is invasive they recognize the whole species as objectively evil and lose all sympathy for the animals. For example how people treat the pythons in florida. Using bowfishing gear to fucking bodyshot them with no care to limit their suffering.
I went to PA recently and saw the lanternflies for the first time. I knew what they were immediately, and I always had thought they were moths, not treehoppers. They are quite beautiful so its a shame they are such an issue.
Like another anon said, I wish I lived where they were so I could have more feeder insects to catch for my fish and hens. Where I live big bugs aren't so common.
[...]
Every single last one of these anons (potentially a samefag) is a massive fucking moron. Being a "free thinker" isn't just disagreeing with the majority. Especially in this case when -OBJECTIVELY- this invasive species is horrendous to the environment. Do any of you 2 iq brainlets even understand what makes an invasive species a problem? >durrrrr leddit and that whore from work that turned me down said is bad so it's actually good
Visit the northeast, just look at that shit, then return to this thread and fucking apologize. t. works in an extension office
Where the fuck will you take literally billions of bugs? And how the fuck are you gonna capture billions of bugs alive and safely transport them to the destined location?
It means that you have to kill them unless you have a better alternative like castrate them all. That is the only solution to invasive species. Either you kill them with whatever methods are available or you prevent them from reproducing so their numbers will go down. Can you do that? If you find a way to make them all sterile you can solve the problem and probably win a Nobel or something.
how are you supposed to kill all if an "invasive species" without killing other animals in the ecosystem?
i think a certain amiunt of control could help ease the transition into the ecosystem but ultimately once a species is there its there.
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Anonymous
That's the whole problem with invasive species. They have NO natural predators in their non-native environment, and their presence is a threat to whatever it eats here since theres no natural way of culling their numbers. Killing them off is only beneficial to the ecosystem. All of the normal preservation rules do not apply to them. They simply do not belong.
4 weeks ago
Anonymous
>That's the whole problem with invasive species. They have NO natural predators in their non-native environment,
If only there were some kind of hyper-predatory generalist animal that people thought were cute
4 weeks ago
Anonymous
>If only there were some kind of hyper-predatory generalist animal that people thought were cute
I'm not just cute, I'm absolutely adorable
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
mate, you need to read a little more about australian history
3 weeks ago
Anonymous
>Sociopath >For squishing a bug
That word does not mean what you think it means.
>If only there were some kind of hyper-predatory generalist animal that people thought were cute
You called?
>Cute >Cuddly >Generalist predator >Can also control human infestations if given the rabies buff >Does not increase the extinction rate of native species
And aussies now say they're threatening native wildlife, that is actually threatened by sheep/cattle-related habitat destruction, lmfao.
Ranchers are worth less than actual people. Eating as much meat as they produce shortens your lifespan. Bad for animals, bad for us. If you see cattle or sheep roaming your lands - STOP - grab a high powered hunting rifle and go nuts!
4 weeks ago
Anonymous
Adding to
That's the whole problem with invasive species. They have NO natural predators in their non-native environment, and their presence is a threat to whatever it eats here since theres no natural way of culling their numbers. Killing them off is only beneficial to the ecosystem. All of the normal preservation rules do not apply to them. They simply do not belong.
point. Many parasites require multiple hosts during their life cycle. In their native habitat parasites help keep the population in check in addition to predators but when introduced in a new area the other hosts required for the parasite lifecycle are not present so the invasive species don’t have to deal with parasites while the local ones still have parasites. This gives an advantage for the invasive species over the native ones. They are lacking on an important population control mechanism.
[...]
THIS THIS THIS
Invasive species are a very telling gauge of how insane normalcattle really are under the mask. For some reason when something is invasive they recognize the whole species as objectively evil and lose all sympathy for the animals. For example how people treat the pythons in florida. Using bowfishing gear to fucking bodyshot them with no care to limit their suffering.
I went to PA recently and saw the lanternflies for the first time. I knew what they were immediately, and I always had thought they were moths, not treehoppers. They are quite beautiful so its a shame they are such an issue.
Like another anon said, I wish I lived where they were so I could have more feeder insects to catch for my fish and hens. Where I live big bugs aren't so common.
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I've seen infographics about "invasive" species that cannot diferentiate between actually that and introduced species.
I've seen ones calling pigeons "invasive". Pigeons... A domesticated animal that doesn't dare go outside the range of human habitation... That subsists of mostly human food... Invasive.
haha wow that's really interesting but um........ spotted lantern fly go squish squish!
I've seen infographics about "invasive" species that cannot diferentiate between actually that and introduced species.
I've seen ones calling pigeons "invasive". Pigeons... A domesticated animal that doesn't dare go outside the range of human habitation... That subsists of mostly human food... Invasive.
Do you have any idea just how many species of animals must have been introduced to new habitat via ships and trains? You only ever hear about the 'bad' ones but they're only a handful in the big picture.
>>ASH BORERS ARE GOING TO OBLITERATE OUR FORESTS!!!!!!!!!!
happened
Actually, unequivocally, unabashedly false.
I will concede that not all introduced species are a problem, like the european mantis, they just sort of fit in to the ecosystem.
Do you have any idea just how many species of animals must have been introduced to new habitat via ships and trains? You only ever hear about the 'bad' ones but they're only a handful in the big picture.
Genuinely have a nice day. I was disgusted the moment I went for a hike last year and saw hundreds of these shit bugs on a tree near the start of the trail. >b-but every life counts!!!
No it doesn't. I will prioritize native fauna over invasives, no matter what. They don't belong, they clearly cause damage, and they contribute nothing. I have the agency to kill a spotted lanternfly when I see one and I will do so as quickly and painlessly as possible, but it will die all the same.
>nooooo, you can't just kill the heckin' buggerinos!!!! >I live in the city and they don't cause problems for us!!
gay. gay. I live in upstate New York, have you heard of what's happening to our ash trees, because of a funky little beetle?
Entire fucking forests are dying, don't fucking pretend invasive species are just precious little creatures that need to be defended. They are animals, they are going to follow their instinct and eat whatever the fuck they want however much they want, they do not have the capacity to understand the harm they are causing and do not care. We need to fill the missing role of predators and cull their numbers so they don't obliterate ecosystems and kill every native animal and then themselves accidentally.
Your stupid, misplaced compassion has can spell the end for entire biospheres.
Oh I see them occasionally. There was an autocorrect typo. When I said that I "sending to never see lizards anymore," it should've read SELDOM to never see them. I get more frogs than anything, which is nice. Even had them infest my basement one summer (and, actually, I've had several weird infestations here over the years, now that i think of it; maybe God's pissed at me or something).
They spread pretty well asking as they can survive the winter, on Vancouver Island we have very mild winters so they've been popping up in other cities upisland.
>an anon who went on a group hike, and one of the other hikers found a bird nest, claimed it was an invasive species, and then stomped on all the baby chicks.
I'm pretty sure that's fake
European wall lizards are "invasive" here on Vancouver Island even though they've now been here for 40-50 years and had no affect on any other animal (except being snacks for Crows).
People were worried they're compete with the native garter snakes but garter snakes hunt near water and wetlands for mostly frogs while the lizards stay in hot areas eating ants and such.
They're cute as shit but I see psychopathic parents (mostly natives) telling their kids to go around stomping on the lizards.
Like shit man they're not going anywhere at this point and they're not hurting anyone you're just allowing your kid to be a sick fuck to a cute species.
They're invasive here on long island too. But it's cool to have them around. We have no native lizards and everyone loves them here. I can't imagine retards stomping them
Oh hey. I'm from Italy and live in Delaware. I used to see these things on the side of my uncle's building (and crawling all over the place at our summerhouse) when I was growing up and never thought much of them but now that I live in the US and sending to never see lizards anymore, I fucking miss then and seeing them posted here is making me nostalgic.
Thanks for posting them, frens
THIS THIS THIS
Invasive species are a very telling gauge of how insane normalcattle really are under the mask. For some reason when something is invasive they recognize the whole species as objectively evil and lose all sympathy for the animals. For example how people treat the pythons in florida. Using bowfishing gear to fucking bodyshot them with no care to limit their suffering.
I went to PA recently and saw the lanternflies for the first time. I knew what they were immediately, and I always had thought they were moths, not treehoppers. They are quite beautiful so its a shame they are such an issue.
Like another anon said, I wish I lived where they were so I could have more feeder insects to catch for my fish and hens. Where I live big bugs aren't so common.
>some mainstream sources encourage killing invasive bug
Nice, a new completely arbitrary thing I can use as a distinction between me and people I vaguely feel might be on the opposite 50% of sociopolitics from me. I'll call them a sociopath for killing a bug. >invasive boar shooting videos become wildly popular
Uh, it's d-different...
This isn't just exclusive to invasive animals. So many people have no fucking qualms fucking brutalizing animals if they're seen as undesirable in any sort of way. It could be "self-defense," but even just "this animal is ugly" is reason enough for these assholes to try and kill them in brutal manners.
A few months ago I found a very large pinacate beetle at my college and just carried it around in my hand. It didn't mind my handling and just crawled around my hand and my desk. Unprompted one of my teachers tried to smash it with a notebook and I had to physically stop him from doing so, all because "ewww creepy crawlies." You should also see what people do to gopher snakes here when they confuse them for rattlesnakes. Fucking unhinged behavior, I tell you.
Why are you bringing bugs into your teacher's classroom? I'm not saying it's ok to squash every random bug, but you're not helping either. Bugs belong outside.
Yeah, I've heard stuff like this from people with "gross" pets. Someone keeps something like hissing cockroaches and mentions it and there's always some dickhead who turns to them and immediately declares that they wish they could kill them. They'll even suddenly get really indignant if told that people don't appreciate it.
>unprompted one of my teachers tried to smash it with a notebook
i'm guessing you've never had an insect infestation in your house/living area? i'm not saying it's rational, but there's definitely healthy reasons to have that view of insects.
If I lived in an infested area I would set up traps, freeze them and use them to feed birds/fish. https://extension.psu.edu/how-to-build-a-spotted-lanternfly-circle-trap
European wall lizards are "invasive" here on Vancouver Island even though they've now been here for 40-50 years and had no affect on any other animal (except being snacks for Crows).
People were worried they're compete with the native garter snakes but garter snakes hunt near water and wetlands for mostly frogs while the lizards stay in hot areas eating ants and such.
They're cute as shit but I see psychopathic parents (mostly natives) telling their kids to go around stomping on the lizards.
Like shit man they're not going anywhere at this point and they're not hurting anyone you're just allowing your kid to be a sick fuck to a cute species.
These kinds of parents probably abuse their kids too, or think they're heroes and deserve a medal for not hitting their kids. They're sociopaths who want to feel powerful, their kids would probably grow somewhat fucked up either way
They're invasive here on long island too. But it's cool to have them around. We have no native lizards and everyone loves them here. I can't imagine retards stomping them
The last time I went to my local zoo, there was a lizard crawling on the sidewalk. Some stupid black kid tried to squish it with his bike. God I really hate them (black kids, not lizards). That being said, invasive species need to be euthanized.
So if their preferred prey is tree of heaven why not create controlled parks of them near to crops so lantern flies go into park instead of mister bloodlibelstein's corn syrup plantation
>Hey this invasive bug is a problem >Instead of killing the foreign invader why don't we also spread invasive plants and give them a perfect habitat to continue reproducing?
Legit room temp IQ take my man. Sheesh.
yeah just put up a sign for them too
i bet the fucking bugs will listen and only go there
Americans is so dumb I swear. >make grove of tree of heaven >check regularly >when filled with flies spray grove >repeat eternally
Nope hurp durp every american most chase them around with nets much more effective LOL
I doubt that would work considering how insects reproduce like crazy. Not that civilians hunting them would have any effect either, all this is more to keep civilians busy. If there is a cordyceps that only affect these deploying a large amount of traps might have some effect to control them, probably the best solution are deploying parasites since the target will be used to breed more parasites, cordyceps would be a good choice. What we would need is to produce them in labs and spread the spores all over, the infected ones will produce more spores to infect more but the cycle will be broken when their numbers start getting low since the chances of a spore finding a host become too small. At this point you need to to produce more spores in lab and spread them to reduce the insect numbers even more and keep doing it from time to time to keep the population under control. The problem is if the parasite also affect other native species.
Usually it's the brainrot pop media outlets telling people to kill all animals they think are invasive. Any biologist worth their degree won't tell you to stomp whatever invasive animals you think you've found, because the odds are much higher that you've misidentified a native species.
Picrel, it's the famous "murder hornet" that got a ton of midwits to kill native wasps because they can't tell the difference between an Asian giant hornet and any other hymenopteran.
Sometimes you could be asked to take a picture of one and send it to whatever university or fish and wildlife office is interested. That way people who actually know what they're doing can track their spread and figure out what to do.
Leta check the native lands of these bastards for what "a single person" can do >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Pests_campaign
Wow it turns out quite a bit
I'm still bitter the effort to eliminate the hornets was actually successful (sightings in '19 and '20, nothing since).
They'd have been useful in curbing the invasive honeybees, too.
Not really. The Asian Giant Hornet devastates honeybees because its late-stage colonies are specialised on raiding social bees & wasps. Solitary bees would be effectively unaffected. Some would be preyed upon, but that's more than made up for by the hornets' predatory pressure on other social wasps suppressing predation from them.
Bumblebees might be at risk, but their nest sizes are significantly smaller than those of honeybees, it is doubtful that they'd be a sufficiently nutritious target for giant hornets. And again, the pressur the hornets could put on them is balanced out by the reduced pressure from honeybees (via food competition) that'a driving dozens of native pollinators towards extinction.
the serious answer is that these thing cause hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage to the agriculture and forestry industries and they fuck like crazy. go to pittsburgh sometime and see how fucking many there are and you'll understand the problem.
in reality it probably doesn't matter much anymore, the time to stop them was years ago. they've already proliferated so much and across such an expanse of territory.
It's normalising racism to the normies. They are conditioning them to murder minorities in the future.
How long until birds figure out they can eat these?
Think some are doing that now. They only taste bad when they eat princess tree sap, and while we do have princess trees around we have more trees that aren't.
Crows will find some ridiculous out of the way method to avoid the bad taste. Soon we'll start seeing those motherfuckers seasoning their bugs.
Reddit
Oh yeah, I read it all right. It's just
>once the population has finished decimating their local food source, they move to the next area to do the exact same thing there
isn't exactly a sound argument against stopping invasive species
I'm at orientation at a trucking company and one of our onboarding videos was a 10 minute long PSA on finding these things and killing them.
>I didn't hear about it, must not have been an issue
Wow. You know a population takes time to grow, right?
Do you really think we wouldn't have done that if it was a viable option? What do you think extension does all day?
Every single last one of these anons (potentially a samefag) is a massive fucking moron. Being a "free thinker" isn't just disagreeing with the majority. Especially in this case when -OBJECTIVELY- this invasive species is horrendous to the environment. Do any of you 2 iq brainlets even understand what makes an invasive species a problem?
>durrrrr leddit and that whore from work that turned me down said is bad so it's actually good
Visit the northeast, just look at that shit, then return to this thread and fucking apologize. t. works in an extension office
Doesn't mean you need to kill them you gay, you can just take them somewhere else
Where the fuck will you take literally billions of bugs? And how the fuck are you gonna capture billions of bugs alive and safely transport them to the destined location?
Yes but that doesn't mean you have to kill them you psychopath
It means that you have to kill them unless you have a better alternative like castrate them all. That is the only solution to invasive species. Either you kill them with whatever methods are available or you prevent them from reproducing so their numbers will go down. Can you do that? If you find a way to make them all sterile you can solve the problem and probably win a Nobel or something.
how are you supposed to kill all if an "invasive species" without killing other animals in the ecosystem?
i think a certain amiunt of control could help ease the transition into the ecosystem but ultimately once a species is there its there.
That's the whole problem with invasive species. They have NO natural predators in their non-native environment, and their presence is a threat to whatever it eats here since theres no natural way of culling their numbers. Killing them off is only beneficial to the ecosystem. All of the normal preservation rules do not apply to them. They simply do not belong.
>That's the whole problem with invasive species. They have NO natural predators in their non-native environment,
If only there were some kind of hyper-predatory generalist animal that people thought were cute
>If only there were some kind of hyper-predatory generalist animal that people thought were cute
I'm not just cute, I'm absolutely adorable
mate, you need to read a little more about australian history
>Sociopath
>For squishing a bug
That word does not mean what you think it means.
>If only there were some kind of hyper-predatory generalist animal that people thought were cute
You called?
>Cute
>Cuddly
>Generalist predator
>Can also control human infestations if given the rabies buff
>Does not increase the extinction rate of native species
And aussies now say they're threatening native wildlife, that is actually threatened by sheep/cattle-related habitat destruction, lmfao.
Ranchers are worth less than actual people. Eating as much meat as they produce shortens your lifespan. Bad for animals, bad for us. If you see cattle or sheep roaming your lands - STOP - grab a high powered hunting rifle and go nuts!
Adding to
point. Many parasites require multiple hosts during their life cycle. In their native habitat parasites help keep the population in check in addition to predators but when introduced in a new area the other hosts required for the parasite lifecycle are not present so the invasive species don’t have to deal with parasites while the local ones still have parasites. This gives an advantage for the invasive species over the native ones. They are lacking on an important population control mechanism.
Kinda fucking hard to displace an invasive species when it comes from an entirely different fucking continent.
haha wow that's really interesting but um........ spotted lantern fly go squish squish!
I've seen infographics about "invasive" species that cannot diferentiate between actually that and introduced species.
I've seen ones calling pigeons "invasive". Pigeons... A domesticated animal that doesn't dare go outside the range of human habitation... That subsists of mostly human food... Invasive.
you know what invasive means right?
Sorry I meant to quote him
>>ASH BORERS ARE GOING TO OBLITERATE OUR FORESTS!!!!!!!!!!
happened
Actually, unequivocally, unabashedly false.
I will concede that not all introduced species are a problem, like the european mantis, they just sort of fit in to the ecosystem.
I did not consent to then entering my state. I am in the right.
>doesn't do anything bad
This doesn't happen 99% of the time.
Do you have any idea just how many species of animals must have been introduced to new habitat via ships and trains? You only ever hear about the 'bad' ones but they're only a handful in the big picture.
Cute deflection. The way I type doesn't change the fact that I'm right.
Genuinely have a nice day. I was disgusted the moment I went for a hike last year and saw hundreds of these shit bugs on a tree near the start of the trail.
>b-but every life counts!!!
No it doesn't. I will prioritize native fauna over invasives, no matter what. They don't belong, they clearly cause damage, and they contribute nothing. I have the agency to kill a spotted lanternfly when I see one and I will do so as quickly and painlessly as possible, but it will die all the same.
>I will prioritize native fauna over invasives, no matter what.
Then go back to Europe, cumskin.
>nooooo, you can't just kill the heckin' buggerinos!!!!
>I live in the city and they don't cause problems for us!!
gay. gay. I live in upstate New York, have you heard of what's happening to our ash trees, because of a funky little beetle?
Entire fucking forests are dying, don't fucking pretend invasive species are just precious little creatures that need to be defended. They are animals, they are going to follow their instinct and eat whatever the fuck they want however much they want, they do not have the capacity to understand the harm they are causing and do not care. We need to fill the missing role of predators and cull their numbers so they don't obliterate ecosystems and kill every native animal and then themselves accidentally.
Your stupid, misplaced compassion has can spell the end for entire biospheres.
'eckin 'olesome
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WuMKnW7n_zI
Oh I see them occasionally. There was an autocorrect typo. When I said that I "sending to never see lizards anymore," it should've read SELDOM to never see them. I get more frogs than anything, which is nice. Even had them infest my basement one summer (and, actually, I've had several weird infestations here over the years, now that i think of it; maybe God's pissed at me or something).
They spread pretty well asking as they can survive the winter, on Vancouver Island we have very mild winters so they've been popping up in other cities upisland.
>an anon who went on a group hike, and one of the other hikers found a bird nest, claimed it was an invasive species, and then stomped on all the baby chicks.
I'm pretty sure that's fake
hi CCP agent
Oh hey. I'm from Italy and live in Delaware. I used to see these things on the side of my uncle's building (and crawling all over the place at our summerhouse) when I was growing up and never thought much of them but now that I live in the US and sending to never see lizards anymore, I fucking miss then and seeing them posted here is making me nostalgic.
Thanks for posting them, frens
THIS THIS THIS
Invasive species are a very telling gauge of how insane normalcattle really are under the mask. For some reason when something is invasive they recognize the whole species as objectively evil and lose all sympathy for the animals. For example how people treat the pythons in florida. Using bowfishing gear to fucking bodyshot them with no care to limit their suffering.
I went to PA recently and saw the lanternflies for the first time. I knew what they were immediately, and I always had thought they were moths, not treehoppers. They are quite beautiful so its a shame they are such an issue.
Like another anon said, I wish I lived where they were so I could have more feeder insects to catch for my fish and hens. Where I live big bugs aren't so common.
>some mainstream sources encourage killing invasive bug
Nice, a new completely arbitrary thing I can use as a distinction between me and people I vaguely feel might be on the opposite 50% of sociopolitics from me. I'll call them a sociopath for killing a bug.
>invasive boar shooting videos become wildly popular
Uh, it's d-different...
This isn't just exclusive to invasive animals. So many people have no fucking qualms fucking brutalizing animals if they're seen as undesirable in any sort of way. It could be "self-defense," but even just "this animal is ugly" is reason enough for these assholes to try and kill them in brutal manners.
A few months ago I found a very large pinacate beetle at my college and just carried it around in my hand. It didn't mind my handling and just crawled around my hand and my desk. Unprompted one of my teachers tried to smash it with a notebook and I had to physically stop him from doing so, all because "ewww creepy crawlies." You should also see what people do to gopher snakes here when they confuse them for rattlesnakes. Fucking unhinged behavior, I tell you.
is that a fucking CREATURE deciding to EXIST NEAR ME right fucking now without my permission??!?
New favorite phrase unlocked
Why are you bringing bugs into your teacher's classroom? I'm not saying it's ok to squash every random bug, but you're not helping either. Bugs belong outside.
Yeah, I've heard stuff like this from people with "gross" pets. Someone keeps something like hissing cockroaches and mentions it and there's always some dickhead who turns to them and immediately declares that they wish they could kill them. They'll even suddenly get really indignant if told that people don't appreciate it.
>unprompted one of my teachers tried to smash it with a notebook
i'm guessing you've never had an insect infestation in your house/living area? i'm not saying it's rational, but there's definitely healthy reasons to have that view of insects.
If I lived in an infested area I would set up traps, freeze them and use them to feed birds/fish. https://extension.psu.edu/how-to-build-a-spotted-lanternfly-circle-trap
imagine trusting something with the same color scheme as the lake of rot from elden ring. kys
chink flies are disgusting mongrels that shit out sticky sappy stuff and should kill themselves too
Theyre NPCs who do exactly what the media tell them
European wall lizards are "invasive" here on Vancouver Island even though they've now been here for 40-50 years and had no affect on any other animal (except being snacks for Crows).
People were worried they're compete with the native garter snakes but garter snakes hunt near water and wetlands for mostly frogs while the lizards stay in hot areas eating ants and such.
They're cute as shit but I see psychopathic parents (mostly natives) telling their kids to go around stomping on the lizards.
Like shit man they're not going anywhere at this point and they're not hurting anyone you're just allowing your kid to be a sick fuck to a cute species.
These kinds of parents probably abuse their kids too, or think they're heroes and deserve a medal for not hitting their kids. They're sociopaths who want to feel powerful, their kids would probably grow somewhat fucked up either way
Aren't there alligator lizards in Vancouver?
They're invasive here on long island too. But it's cool to have them around. We have no native lizards and everyone loves them here. I can't imagine retards stomping them
The last time I went to my local zoo, there was a lizard crawling on the sidewalk. Some stupid black kid tried to squish it with his bike. God I really hate them (black kids, not lizards). That being said, invasive species need to be euthanized.
So if their preferred prey is tree of heaven why not create controlled parks of them near to crops so lantern flies go into park instead of mister bloodlibelstein's corn syrup plantation
>Hey this invasive bug is a problem
>Instead of killing the foreign invader why don't we also spread invasive plants and give them a perfect habitat to continue reproducing?
Legit room temp IQ take my man. Sheesh.
Americans is so dumb I swear.
>make grove of tree of heaven
>check regularly
>when filled with flies spray grove
>repeat eternally
Nope hurp durp every american most chase them around with nets much more effective LOL
I doubt that would work considering how insects reproduce like crazy. Not that civilians hunting them would have any effect either, all this is more to keep civilians busy. If there is a cordyceps that only affect these deploying a large amount of traps might have some effect to control them, probably the best solution are deploying parasites since the target will be used to breed more parasites, cordyceps would be a good choice. What we would need is to produce them in labs and spread the spores all over, the infected ones will produce more spores to infect more but the cycle will be broken when their numbers start getting low since the chances of a spore finding a host become too small. At this point you need to to produce more spores in lab and spread them to reduce the insect numbers even more and keep doing it from time to time to keep the population under control. The problem is if the parasite also affect other native species.
lab grown fungi are nearly always the best answer for this sorta thing.
yeah just put up a sign for them too
i bet the fucking bugs will listen and only go there
These things killed my tree
Fuck them
>leave him to me
Usually it's the brainrot pop media outlets telling people to kill all animals they think are invasive. Any biologist worth their degree won't tell you to stomp whatever invasive animals you think you've found, because the odds are much higher that you've misidentified a native species.
Picrel, it's the famous "murder hornet" that got a ton of midwits to kill native wasps because they can't tell the difference between an Asian giant hornet and any other hymenopteran.
What can a single person do against an invasive species anyway?
Sometimes you could be asked to take a picture of one and send it to whatever university or fish and wildlife office is interested. That way people who actually know what they're doing can track their spread and figure out what to do.
I know what I'm doing. I kill them retard. they are disgusting shitty bugs and if you feel bad about doing your duty to destroy them you're a pussy
Leta check the native lands of these bastards for what "a single person" can do
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Pests_campaign
Wow it turns out quite a bit
I'm still bitter the effort to eliminate the hornets was actually successful (sightings in '19 and '20, nothing since).
They'd have been useful in curbing the invasive honeybees, too.
They would have decimated the native bee population too moron.
Not really. The Asian Giant Hornet devastates honeybees because its late-stage colonies are specialised on raiding social bees & wasps. Solitary bees would be effectively unaffected. Some would be preyed upon, but that's more than made up for by the hornets' predatory pressure on other social wasps suppressing predation from them.
Bumblebees might be at risk, but their nest sizes are significantly smaller than those of honeybees, it is doubtful that they'd be a sufficiently nutritious target for giant hornets. And again, the pressur the hornets could put on them is balanced out by the reduced pressure from honeybees (via food competition) that'a driving dozens of native pollinators towards extinction.
motherfuck wasps tho
the serious answer is that these thing cause hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage to the agriculture and forestry industries and they fuck like crazy. go to pittsburgh sometime and see how fucking many there are and you'll understand the problem.
Okay. I'll give them to California.
a spotted lanternfly wrote this post. the day of the squash is coming, degenerate.
> You WILL Stomp the Bug
yes
I'm just defending my tree of heaven.
Seriously. This Stomp the Bug meme just came out of nowhere.
They kill trees and crops. They're a blight and it is your duty to murder them.
I do whenever I see them. Fuck em.
in reality it probably doesn't matter much anymore, the time to stop them was years ago. they've already proliferated so much and across such an expanse of territory.
True. But i still smashysmashy