And another: “I can honestly say that’s the biggest adrenaline rush I’ve had all 2020.” “I KILLED A SPOTTED LANTERNFLY!!!” another exclaims. “See ’em? SQUISH ’EM!” reads one tweet, complete with a trophy photo of two bug carcasses stuffed inside tiny glass jars. The dotted, mothlike bugs tend to hop, after all, sometimes narrowly escaping the (almost) perfectly timed thud of a sneaker. Maybe you’ve tried it, after encountering kill-on-sight orders.

Squashing spotted lanternflies isn’t always easy.