These spotted lanterflies, an invasive species are everywhere now. Once you start noticing, you can't stop.
The ecosystem is FUCKED. I don't see MORE invasive species of insect and plant when I go out than native, but I see enough that it's very, very disturbing.

>Lanternflies everywhere
>Gypsy moth caterpillars all over
>Invasive species of ladybugs swarms a biting variety that lives infests houses
>A plague of "mustard garlic" a plant that emits a natural herbicide killing every other plant in the soil taking over like kudzu.

What invasive species are you noticing fucking the environment? (ah shit I know where the answer to this is gonna go be serious ffs get it out of your system then talk about plants and insects)

>>511010855 (OP)
meh, never seen them

fireants in texas have been doing that for a long time, i dont know how many decades. they even kill the native toads

>>511010855 (OP)
>What invasive species are you noticing fucking the environment?
Mexicans and other spics are all over the place here now in the upper midwest.

>>511010855 (OP)
lanternflies are kawaii

>>511010855 (OP)
thats crazy bro. do they know where the Epstein files are?!

>inb4 "whites are invasive"

>>511010855 (OP)
>human beings calling others "invasive species"
lmao

>>511010855 (OP)
Funny you post this shit, cause I've never seen them before, until this year. They're fucking everywhere.

>>511010855 (OP)
I see those bouncy bastards everywhere. When they fly, they have blood red coloring under their wings, and they look like satanic demon spawn. Who is bringing them here?

>>511010855 (OP)
My friend across town is swarming with those. I haven't seen any, but I have a professional exterminator spray the outside every month and I haven't even seen a single bee. Like, nothing. Its pretty neat actually. I can drink out on my porch and not be bothered.

>>511011602
Just looked at a pic I took the other day. (picrel) Apparently, it's not the same. But they are also white with black spots. Never seen them before, and now I see them everywhere.

>>511010855 (OP)
just give them welfare and they'll stop destroying so much of the ecosystem of where they don't belong, duh

>>511011679

it's almost pointless but it's fun squashing invasive bugs from bugland that shouldn't be in burgerland

>>511010855 (OP)
Went out foraging today and saw HUNDREDS of these fuckers, it's ridiculous and they're hideous. Oh the ecosystem is screwed long term and I don't have good answers for it, except for garlic mustard you can eat them oin the fall and spring then they're delicious. But yeah once you get into identifying plants, insects, and humans you realize there's invasive crap everywhere.
>Green crabs in New England
>Blue Crabs in Italy
>Dead man's finger seaweed on the Eastern seaboard
>The Chinese chestnut tree
It's fucked
Does anyone have any idea how to exterminate lantern flies?

>>511011602
Some chinese dudes were arrested for sneaking some kinda fungus to sabotage food supplies were arrested in michigan. Maybe some of their other shit got through?

>>511011679
they came from china

also remember those weird seed satchels in peoples mailbox? >.>

pittsburgh here, these fuckers are literally on every window just creeping around. I think they killed the stinkbugs.

The chinese have been spreading invasive plants and bugs into our country for the last 20 years

>>511011947


can't. it's over. they are here to stay.

>>511010855 (OP)
>lanterflies
I propose we nuke China every single time one of their gay little bugs makes it way over here.
This is clearly an act of terrorism, every single time China goes into bankruptcy it releases another crop killer to the west.

>>511012212

the orange grove blight is actually kind of terrifying

invest in orange juice futures if possible idk how the stonk market works

>>511010855 (OP)
Asian lady beetles and stink bugs in huge numbers other bug types are dwindling also a huge amount of paper wasps not sure if these are invasive or not but I never seen so many before

>>511012107
i wish a chinese girl would get invasive with me if you understand my meaning

These little niggers

Who gives a shit? Survival of the fittest you vegan queer.

>>511010855 (OP)

>>511010855 (OP)
Ash borer killed almost all of the green and white ash trees in america in less than 20 years.

Chestnut blight killed all of the chestnut trees before any of our grandparents were alive

death to china. death to globalism

>>511012107
i hate chinks so much

>>511012533
you forgot dutch elm disease

>>511010855 (OP)
We had these REALLY fucking bad one year, like never roll down your car window bad.
The next year they were not so much of a problem, about as prevalent as any other bug.
The year after that? Zero.
Haven't seen one since.

>>511010855 (OP)
just be glad its not bot flies. We've spent hundreds of millions to keep them out

Jeets. Fucking stink like shit too.

>>511010855 (OP)
this piece of shit right here is completely taking over my state.

>>511011982
They're not the same. See >>511011763

But still weird that I've never seen these spotted fuckers until recently, this summer, and then OP posts a similar creature.

>>511011763
Looks like a moth.

>>511010855 (OP)

Just FYI those things love cannabis plants.

>>511010855 (OP)
I see these niggers everywhere in my backyard

>>511010855 (OP)
Just gather up a load of your own species and send them to where this one came from. Eco-swap.
Invasive pests always do better, regardless of where it is. You would think an established ecosystem would be resistant, be able to find a balance and block out disruptions, but the truth is that nature gets lazy and complacent. The foreign always supplants the native. That's why you have to leave and go invade their land, which will wind up being very easy to do.

>What invasive species are you noticing fucking the environment?

>>511010855 (OP)
Saw alot last Summer in my backyard. Looks like the birds and other things have been really eating them, barely see them if at all now.

>>511012854
Don't know what it is. But never seen them before this year. And I've seen them everywhere, all of a sudden.

>>511012735
>>511012533
Honeysuckle was some jew in academia said we needed to import it to provide food for the birds.
It was really a jew being a subversive jew, but they always have a cover reason.
(((food for the birds goyim))).

>>511011947
>Does anyone have any idea how to exterminate lantern flies?
Chickens and guinea fowl are really good at getting rid of bugs/ticks.

>>511012600
true, but we've actually largely fixed dutch elm. cities have been replanting the hybrids by the millions.

bigger problem for elm trees is a disease called "elm yellows". look it up, if it ever spreads we are fucked.

>>511011982
The penalty if convicted for something like that should be a livestreamed internet torture and execution. Think blowtorches, high voltage, chainsaws, gasoline, etc

>>511010855 (OP)
>What invasive species are you noticing fucking the environment?
Niggers
Jews
Mexicans
SEA monkeys
Jeets

>>511010855 (OP)
Libs really, really like micromanaging the ecosystem and playing wannabe ICE agent when the illegals aren't people

>>511013514
This, we need quails back. Would solve the tick issue as well. Although it will never happen. Everyone would need wild lawns and all outdoor cats would need to be removed

>>511012043
They were introduced as pest in USA, South Korea, and Japan within a few years of each other. Too convenient of an accident.

>>511014089
>all outdoor cats would need to be removed
Don't have to remove them, just shoot them.

>>511010855 (OP)
>What invasive species are you noticing fucking the environment?
fucking redditors shitting up the board, you need to go back faggot.

>>511014089
peoples cats are a big reason we have to deal with so many bugs, they kill shit that eats bugs and were left with the consequences

>>511014089
Last year, for the first time, I had a crazy amount of ticks on my property. Have never had that many ticks here ever, not even a single one. Neighbor had a flock of chickens and guinea fowl roaming around free range for the whole year and haven't had a tick since then. I'm kinda worried though because I think they got attacked by some type of animal and he's been keeping them in a fenced in area now. I might have to get my own flock now.

Kinda sad because I was enjoying the chickens in my yard without any type of responsibility to care for them personally.

>>511010855 (OP)
>Be a spotted lanterfly, chilling with your girlfriend. Praying Mantis slaps your girl on the ass and blocks your path.

What do?

Chink ecowarfare. Beware of hogweed, that shit can blind you for life.

Lawns are for boomers and sycophants.
The birds are learning they can just eat the lanternflies.

>>511012107
its like when aliens are terraforming

I see the lantern flies. Not yet this year. But I did notice that all of the pine trees are dying. Ones of different varieties too. This is in NJ. Some very old ones too.

>>511012658
only a matter of time until they get a foothold, then we're fucked

fun fact: the Darien Gap in Panama is the only thing stopping a ton of could-be invasive species migrating from South America to North America, because it puts a halt to human traffic between the two continents. but as the Darien Gap becomes a more popular route for migrants, the containment is starting to break. things are gonna get much worse.

>>511010855 (OP)
Neighbor planted bamboo and didn’t have a containment plan

>>511010855 (OP)
While it is a major issue, if we actually start solving fucking problems they actually get solved fast.

We can fix bee populations quickly if people start trying and walmart stops selling retarded boomers shit like glyphosate.

Invasive species can be corrected over time, usually another species to control them.

>>511014387

>>511010924
>not my problem
the mindset destroying america

>>511010855 (OP)
I killed half a dozen already, missed 2

>>511013779
Redittors are OBSESSED with native gardening and killing invasives. If a plant or animal is from the wrong state they're gonna torture it to death and post it on reddit for good boy points

>>511017134
Have pandas moved in next door yet?

>>511010855 (OP)
these things are edible. Before you laugh, they excrete Honeydew. they literally bleed out something like Honey. you can collect these species and farm them for honeydew and sell it. even bees will collect their honeydew to make Honey. its collected along with pollen.

All you have to do is collect them, they'll breed off the hook. supplie them with lots of bark and shit that they eat. and then just nick them and thell bleed out this honeydew that is like plague in humans. its their way of healing wounds.

Pure honeydew is expensive af. takes a lot to collect it but the thing is, the bugs live and then you nick them more.

>>511013192
Bats are developing a taste for them. First time in two years they aren’t raping my Japanese maples.

>>511018616
Yeah but now you'll be plagued by an abundance of bats. What will you do then?

>>511015489
Cause of that drought in November then the severe cold snaps that happened over winter. Evergreens only look dead after they died a long time ago.

>>511018479
The fuck is honeydew? It’s a type of melon not an actual sauce you fuckin weirdo
>inb4 the Jew hates the indoor spotted lantern fly farmer

>>511018695
Bats aren't damaging to the ecosystem, in fact all they do is scare foids which is a pro in my book

>>511018695
What would the Chinese do?

>>511010855 (OP)
Don't worry, something else will evolve to eat them eventually. Nothing lasts forever. We just move to a different playing board.

>>511010855 (OP)
Bro, I just went outside and my yard was full of dandelions! We are absolutely fucked, bro. You have no idea how fucked we are.

>>511018963
And now you know how the world wound up with a billion Chinese.

>>511011205
Kind of interesting the bugs are dealing with the same problems as the rest of us.

>>511018924
invasive species are a natural part of the ecological cycle; if the environment is healthy, natural ecosystems will be able to deal with them.

>>511019039
We're going to way more gigantic spiders.

>>511010855 (OP)
The only bugs I fear are bedbugs and roaches.
But fuck bedbugs in particular. At least with roaches you can kind of control them by keeping everything clean. Unlike these bedbug fucks who feed directly on you.
Any other bug is nothing compared to these two fucks.

>>511010855 (OP)
Here in Canada we have the following invasive species: kikes, shitjeets, niggers, and mudslimes.

>>511011318
Shut up chink!

>>511010855 (OP)
How far did these fuckers spread? We've had them in southeast PA for about 5 years now. Still not as bad as the stinkbug invasion of the late 2000's, at the very least lanternflies stay outside.

>>511010855 (OP)
I'M DOING MY PART!

>>511013435
You talking about Japanese honeysuckle? The white and yellow flowers? It's not that bad, it just crows out American honeysuckle. Which is fine by me, because American honeysuckle has ugly tube-shaped flowers in an ugly hot pink color and they don't smell anywhere near as good.

>>511010924
californian

>You are now trying to remember the last time you saw bugs on your windshield

After being everywhere in SE PA for a few years, their numbers here are noticeably lower the past couple of years. They can be controlled with effort. I don't know where you're located, but efforts to control them in PA have had success.

>>511018479
Honeydew is disgusting and these niggers have ruined my autumn goldenrod hive harvests because of bees collecting their nasty discharge. I want cured nectar not some other insect's shit when I extract honey.

>>511010855 (OP)
Those chinks released Sika deer everywhere. Bastards destroy crops everywhere

>>511010855 (OP)
>What invasive species are you noticing fucking the environment
Indians

>>511012107
I only see them in Allegheny county.

>>511011947
There is a new program where dogs are trained to sniff out their eggs so they can be destroyed, it would seem they have already spread pretty far though. There are sightings as far west as Chicago.

One thing hopeful about the future of AI and nano tech, maybe there will be a way it can be utilized for the eradication of invasive species somehow.

>>511010855 (OP)
>>511010924
>>511010950
>>511011205
I'm gen z and I've noticed that 95% of the insects already died off

How do you old fuckers not remember?

I'm the only person who cares, jews killed off all the insects because of trace amounts of pesticides in the environment

I think cars killed some of them too when I was very little the car would get covered in bugs and now that never happens

They did studies in netherlands and proved what I'm saying

>>511021970
>reddit spacing
you have to go back

>>511014387
excrete some tasty honeydew and tell him you'll pick her up tomorrow. have at!
fly off and find a latern to comfort with

>>511022039
Nobody uses reddit

>>511021115
Sure i keep my house clean but i barely even see any bugs in the house anymore.

>>511022072
good

>>511014089
>outdoor cats
They need to banned. They kill many birds because they're sociopaths. Their owners need to charged, and the cat taken away from them if they're caught outside.

>>511018616
The bats will get diabetes from Lanternfly because they're full of honeydew. No lie.

>>511017134
My neighbor did the same thing with mint

>>511021633
Bees wont collect it unless theyre is nothing other to collect. its a last resort to make food for themselves

>>511021970
I certainly notice, but nobody in power has any interest in reducing pesticide usage.

>>511022190
Mint is worse than aspen trees. You can chop the trees over the course of 3 years and it will no longer grow back.

>>511010855 (OP)
>Lanternflies everywhere

I haven't seen those. In western NC, we have those bullshit fake Chinese ladybugs and we have Japanese beetles.

Plant wise there's kudzu obviously; but also I'm seeing a lot of this Chink Tree of Heaven, pic related. Nothing particularly offensive about it but its super hardy and hard to kill. You cut it down and the damned thing pops back up, you cut the saplings down to the ground and they come back.

https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/ailanthus-altissima/

North Carolina is apparently pretty close in climate to China so most of the invasive plants we get are Chinese.

>>511022039
>reddit spacing

Queerest meme on this whole site.

I've never used leddit, I've been shit posting here since 06 and I like putting spaces between the different thoughts I have to help keep me organized. For years I've gotten newfags telling me that I'm spacing like its fucking leddit and I don't even know how to use leddit.

>>511010855 (OP)
Wait till you learn about birds. There's a huge number of foreign species you just accept as normal. Cats, for example.
>>511011295
They're bad bugs.

>>511022583
NC is humid sub-tropical, just like the most heavily populated parts of China and Japan, so pretty much all of their major flora and fauna are potentially invasive. In fact, there's a lot of genera that are represented both here and there, like you have native lotus flowers. Issue of course is that the invasive species outcompetes its native relative in the same genera if local control factors are too specialized and can't adapt. As for that tree of heaven, the biggest issue with it is just that male flowers smell like shit. If you have a female tree, the issue is just the typical crowding out of local trees.

>>511022583
China and the US are roughly the same for size and biodiversity. Every part of this country has an equivalent in China.

>>511022912
>like you have native lotus flowers
Ginseng too

>>511022956

Yeah; but NC is like the most populated part of China. I don't think we're getting a lot of invasive species from Tibet or the Gobi desert.

>>511022583
The chinks sent military men with giant bags full of seeds, animals and infected ticks into our national forests during covid. What was a natural issue through travel is no worse and deliberate. Take the murder hornets as they are called in US. We have had sighting of them since the 70's but due to the low population of honey bees, native bees and the likes it means it was never really an issue. Now if you release a bunch of them around bee keepers it will suddenly grow to a massive problem.

>>511010855 (OP)
HOLY SHIT I JUST NOTICED THEM TODAY
Been living in the northeast for 6 years and never saw them and now they are everywhere. Filthy chink insects. Fucking crazy you just mentioned them what the fuck. I've been telling everyone to kill them. Sprayed a few on my deck today.

I saw chingese riding around throwing seeds at abandoned houses in the hood THE CHINKS ARE TERRAFORMING THE WEST INTO THEIR CRAPPILY BUILT HOMELAND

>>511010855 (OP)
Why are you Americans getting raped constantly by a new invasive species every few months, are Chinese government agents flying over and secretly releasing them into the wild or some shit? That's unnatural

>>511010855 (OP)
I think they're neat. All the native plant hoppers are lame and tiny. North America deserves a big boy for once.

>>511025253
what we need to do is speed up the transportation of whatever insect is supposed to kill them

wasps from china started killing stinkbugs from china

kudzu bugs from japan started eating kudzu

aaaaaaahh

>>511010855 (OP)
Fucking China, man. MAY YOU BURN IN HELL, RICHARD MILLHOUSE NIXON!

>even plants and bugs are getting replaced by brown equivalents

>>511021970
I remember there would be huge swarms of beetles and grasshoppers and slugs under every rock and countless dragonflies and butterflies. All gone of course. I used to make them in creepy crawly machine. RIP good times.

>>511012533
There are like 20 American Chestnut trees still alive. Now they want to replace them with fucking hybrids instead of continuing their selective breeding research project which has been making gradual progress.

>>511017134
There are native bamboo species but pretty much all are endangered because retards insisted on importing foreign species.

>>511021115
I rarely see spiders nowadays when I saw them around all the time as a kid. Nowadays I actually like it if spiders are chilling near my ass and I don't mind the cobwebs. Rather see them chilling than dealing with other bugs. Come to think of it grasshoppers have also become a LOT more rare. They used to be fucking everywhere.

>>511010855 (OP)
Domestic species that can't compete deserves to go extinct.