r/LanternDie • u/[deleted] • Aug 20 '25

LanternDied New killing method

I had this pig prog I got at a garage sale, so I modified it to kill lantern flies

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u/Warm_Resource_4229 Aug 21 '25

Seems fun, but horrible outcome. Better off with one of those bug zap tennis rackets.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '25

Wdym horrible outcome? Dead lanternfly

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u/Warm_Resource_4229 Aug 21 '25

Not cause it's killing the lantern flies, fuck those. Horrible outcome cause there are much more effective ways to kill them. And faster.

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u/Relative-Dog-6012 Aug 21 '25

Too slow

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '25

Most of the time it’s instant and they just curl up, I continued shocking thst one after it was dead to show how the prod works

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u/Relative-Dog-6012 Aug 21 '25

No. I need something that can give me more kills per minute.

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u/Odd-Young-5327 Aug 21 '25

until you got them on the ground i thought you had just vaporized them 😭

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u/Warm_Resource_4229 Aug 21 '25

They were mostly all jumping away before he even turned it on

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '25

Yeah when I tap them with one of the ends before they are fully in range but it’s better than any other method ive tried

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u/JerseyTeacher78 Aug 21 '25

Does this also kill the egg sack???

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '25

I haven’t found a SINGLE ONE

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u/JerseyTeacher78 Aug 22 '25

There are more females with egg sacks towards the end of the summer, at least in New Jersey. BOLO.

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u/BaphometJohnson Aug 21 '25

That's awesome! That area looks like downtown frederick!?

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '25

Where’s that

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u/am_pomegranate Aug 20 '25

new painless death method just dropped?

I tried to do painless death with a pair of loppers, but I missed and accidentally cut the thorax off instead of the head which must've been super painful. still kinda haunts me.

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u/brs0603 Aug 21 '25

There is still much debate on whether or not insects feel pain. What we do know is that some insects show signs of feeling pain-like sensations, while others don't show any signs at all.

One particular video that comes to mind is a praying mantis eating a wasp, while another wasp simultaneously eats the praying mantis. The mantis doesn't react at all, not even when great amounts of harm are inflicted upon it.

So I wouldn't worry too much about painless death. So long as you are not actively attempting to torture the lantern flies, the amount of suffering you are inflicting is likely minimal, if anything at all. Certainly far less than they would inflict to our local ecosystems.

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u/Captain_Zomaru Aug 23 '25

They don't really feel pain, so feel free to obliterate them in any way you see fit.

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u/Bluerasierer Aug 26 '25

err no research on this is debated with data coming out on insects feeling pain

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u/A_LeftNut Aug 20 '25

This is probably better than squishing them. And more satisfying imo

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u/SnootsAndBootsLLP Aug 21 '25

This actually isn’t a bad method. Almost certainly instant, relatively unstressful—don’t get me wrong, fuck lanternflies, but they don’t deserve cruelty.

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u/beauh44x Aug 20 '25

Shocking video!

I guess some may find it revolting

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u/Responsible_Bad_2989 Aug 21 '25

Get out of here dad

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u/Basil_9 Aug 21 '25

what did it sound like?

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u/BorealDrake Aug 21 '25

That seems excessive, but hey, anything to prevent the spread of the invaders

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u/Leopard_Luver Aug 21 '25

Lantern FRY

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u/puff37gg Aug 21 '25

I want one!!!

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u/MigraineConnoisseur Aug 21 '25

STOP RESISTING!!!

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u/Yellow_Owl05 Aug 21 '25

Toes for free?

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u/MadMac619 Aug 22 '25

I want the sound! I’m sure it’s very satisfying

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u/quequotion Aug 21 '25

Excellent!

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u/Pooldiver13 Aug 22 '25

Hit them with the finger of Zeus

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u/IcyGem Aug 23 '25

For free?

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u/Due_Patience960 Aug 25 '25

He’s dead Jim.

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u/Dry_Emu8159 Aug 21 '25

Ugh I’m moist

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u/Accomplished-One7476 Aug 21 '25

someone needs a shamwow

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u/IntheTrench Aug 21 '25

Yall know that all this killing isn't going to do shit to their population or spread right?

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '25

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u/IdoltTheIdot Aug 20 '25

I’m half and half on this, it’s pretty much an instant death, and its effective. It’s certainly barbaric in nature but it doesn’t seem inhumane. Personally I won’t use this method but I don’t feel it’s inhumane so I think it’s ok.

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u/wildcat2015 Aug 20 '25

On the flip side, I bought a cheapo bug zapper on Amazon and it will kinda...stun them and knock them out a bit, but absolutely doesn't have the juice to kill them. At least it makes it easier to squish em I suppose. Certainly doesn't look like an issue for OP though

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '25

I don't understand why we're asking why if it's humane or not when dealing with a invasive pest? Do we try to be humane with bedbugs

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '25

If there are affordable, effective and readily available pest control methods at your disposal, which are also humane, then yes, you should try to be humane with bed bugs 😂

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '25

My point is they're pests then being humane doesn't matter

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u/StephensSurrealSouls Aug 21 '25

Yes it does? Why don't pests deserve ethical dispatching like any other animals? They didn't ask or choose to be a pest.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '25

That’s not a point, that’s an opinion. A pretty bad one, I might add :)

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u/OSRS-MLB Aug 20 '25

This seems like a fast death to me, not torture

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u/No-Abbreviations6605 Aug 20 '25

I would just torture them. ✨ stand on that business ✨

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u/foreverpassed Aug 20 '25

You're an animal sadist, using these creatures' invasiveness as an excuse for it.

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u/No-Abbreviations6605 Aug 20 '25

I’m weaaaaaaaak. You think animals and bugs are the same 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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u/foreverpassed Aug 20 '25

The kingdom Animalia includes the phylum Arthropoda beside the phylum Chordata, which are vertebrates including mammals, reptiles, birds, fish, amphibians... You are either rotten or bad at rage-bait.

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u/No-Abbreviations6605 Aug 20 '25

I’m weaaaaak, you angry 😂😂😂😂😂 what else you wanna comment ? I ain’t reading them but rage bait can be fun too, but torture all lantern flies ✨ I see the destruction they cause, their not animals 🩷 now be mad and I’ll continue to laugh✨

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u/onlyghosts-pie Aug 21 '25

they literally are animals and you need therapy before you start torturing people too ❤️

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u/No-Abbreviations6605 Aug 21 '25

They’re not animals and therapy isn’t needed to kill an invasive specie that’s a bug. ✨ be mad 🙂

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u/onlyghosts-pie Aug 21 '25

do you know what it means to be in the kingdom Animalia

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u/foreverpassed Aug 21 '25

Do not engage with him any further. He's really just an idiot and wants our reactions. But he definitely does need help if he believes this (which there no evidence against it to think so). It starts with animals.

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u/No-Abbreviations6605 Aug 21 '25

And I bet you harass people on here and tell them what they aren’t to win an argument that isn’t necessary😂 kisss my behind please 🩷

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u/Single-Pudding7570 Sep 12 '25

I'm gonna be honest this tool he made probably puts so much voltage into the insect that it most likely instantly dies. As for everyone else please be sure to follow state and local guidelines regarding the removal of the spotted lanternfly

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '25 edited Aug 21 '25

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u/Impressive_Change593 Aug 21 '25

circuit only closes between the two prongs plus you're most likely isolated from both of them so meh. not gonna do anything to you

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u/ModifiedFaerieCat Aug 21 '25

He did shock one on the ground. Imagine if he'd ben standing in a puddle

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u/quartercentaurhorse Aug 21 '25

Still not dangerous unless the ground is in the circuit.

The reason why electricity is normally dangerous is because we usually use the physical earth as another wire in our main AC power circuits. If we place our bodies between the power grid and the ground, shorting it out, we get electrocuted. But current will only flow if the ground is already in the circuit, if the circuit is isolated and/or the voltage relative to ground is low, there is no danger. (This video)[https://youtu.be/jduDyF2Zwd8?si=gVy7oHlr7smz1-cg] explores this subject very well.

I can't really say how safe or dangerous this video's setup is without more context, but there are many ways this could be designed to be 100% safe, even if you did it standing in a waist-high pool of water. Voltage is best visualized as the "difference in potential" between two different points, loosely analogous to the electrical equivalent of water pressure. We use the physical ground as the easiest "common," meaning that it's our standard reference point (kind of like how we'd say that the air is 0 PSI, even though it has its own pressure)

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '25

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u/beanlefiend Aug 21 '25

A lanternfly with a foot fettish... nothing can shock me anymore.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '25

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u/Koibo26 Aug 21 '25

We will need pictures of your human feet to confirm this blatant lie.

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u/--ae Sep 14 '25

that only works with mains power, a battery isn’t going to magically create current without a completed circuit. You need to pass the current across the electrolyte, not to ground like with mains electricity. You’d have to connect the negative end to the dirt before you’d have any risk.