The Inagural NYC Lanternfly grudge Match
The scourge once more descends upon our city. Do your civic duty to stamp (or crush, or splat) them out this year.
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#1: Squash Lanternflies
The name of the game. If you’re new to the grudge match, check out our Squash Guide.
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#2: Join Leaderboard
Keep track of your squashes on the weekly leaderboard for the chance to win the coveted Golden Boot.
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#3: Be Respectful
Stay on paths/areas open to traffic by the public. Only destroy lanternflies, and create no addtional public nuisances.
Squish together.
Meetups in Central Park. Meet fellow bug squashers, scope out new squish spots, and find out who’s in the running for the (Big Golden) boot. End date TBD.
NEXT MEETUPS:
Sunday July 27 6 PM at Umpire Rock (leaderboard closes at 5:30 PM)
Saturday Aug 3 6:30 PM (leaderboard closes at 6PM)
leaderboard here: leaderboard
Join or update the leaderboard - make sure you login using the same email address: https://forms.gle/FPvs7Z7HpYTTX9Dy9
Share your hunts @lanternflygrudgematch
FAQs
Is this real?
yes
is this a joke/metaphor/Larger social commentary?
as much as life is a joke/no/no
why?
lantern flies are a legitimate threat to our local ecology. i like fruit trees. and maybe something about how a society that eschews violence without seeking peace will inevitably find an outlet and personally I would rather die by boot than slow death on extra-large fly paper.
will this actually do any good?
it absolutely can’t hurt as long as you’re only hurting lanternflies. if you’re a local ecologist/educator type who wants to get in touch about supplementary ways of getting involved for the squeamish or those who are otherwise unable to squash hmu.
What is the golden boot?
a boot that i have painted gold in honor of the most traditional lanternfly squashing equipment. the highest award in the land.
The golden (boot) rule
please squish respectfully. if you wouldn’t be there normally, don’t squish there. even for our noble cause the ends do not justify the means.
if you are more of a nuisance than the lanternflies, you get the regular boot.
Squash Guide
Egg masses
The gold standard. Get more all at once - peak season late fall - early spring. More info correct removal and disposal here.
Nymphs
If you’ve seen these small spotted bugs and thought, “how interesting”, you have been bamboozled. Jumps farther than they have any right to.
adults
Makes the biggest crunch. Some say the best one.
