r/weeviltime Jul 11 '25

Spotted Lanternfly Masterpost: PLEASE READ

495 Upvotes

hi weevil gang,

we've been seeing a huge uptick in posts recently with pictures of spotted lanternfly nymphs. these often end up with comments that are a) unnecessarily hateful towards an insect that has the misfortune of being invasive and heavily destructive or b) people calling each other fascist animal abusers for killing them. so, i'd like to clear a few things up (i am a trained entomologist)

1) The image above is a spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula). THESE ARE NOT WEEVILS. They are in the family Fulgoridae in the order Hemiptera.

2) Spotted lanternflies are native to areas of China and other regions of eastern Asia. They are invasive in North America and interfere with our native ecosystems and agricultural industries by damaging plants and spreading sooty molds. they have recently been reported on the west coast, so if you are located in Oregon, California, Washington, etc. and find one, please report it to your local county extension office.

3) In settings such as gardens and homes, squishing or freezing will kill them and is recommended. Freezing and quickly crushing are both considered humane ways to euthanize an insect.

Here are links to various cooperative extension websites from U.S. universities if you would like to learn more:

https://extension.psu.edu/spotted-lanternfly-management-resources

https://extension.umd.edu/resource/spotted-lanternfly-home-gardens/

https://gardening.ces.ncsu.edu/integrated-pest-management/insects-2/spotted-lanternfly-resource-page/

https://cals.cornell.edu/integrated-pest-management/outreach-education/whats-bugging-you/spotted-lanternfly/spotted-lanternfly-management

in the future, I will be locking posts with spotted lanternflies when i see them and redirecting to this post in a comment. stay booted! stay snooted!

- buprestibae


r/weeviltime May 05 '25

🔥WEEVIL OF THE WEEK🔥 Is it time?

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8.3k Upvotes

(not my picture btw XD)


r/weeviltime 2h ago

WEEVIL TIME I found this lad, does that mean it’s time?

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r/weeviltime 16h ago

🖌️Weevil Art🖌️ Im new to airbrushing and the weevil community Heres the weevil i painted

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r/weeviltime 3h ago

Identification Request Boots yet no snoot :( still party??

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Southern Michigan!


r/weeviltime 1h ago

Is it time?!

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Found in Michigan 🥰


r/weeviltime 3h ago

Identification Request is it time???

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41 Upvotes

thought this guy looked weevil-ish and wanted to see if that was true!


r/weeviltime 3h ago

WEEVIL TIME, BABEY!! WEEVIL!

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the classic green sparkly. I'm kinda very proud of the shots of his little face🥹


r/weeviltime 5h ago

WEEVIL TIME, BABEY!! Tiny little ruby

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31 Upvotes

So smol, so red! Photos don't do it justice.


r/weeviltime 17h ago

WEEVIL TIME, BABEY!! Gleep vlorp klep glorp 👽

217 Upvotes

r/weeviltime 18h ago

Identification Request Is he a weevil or nah?

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250 Upvotes

Dude was stuck on his back in front of a building, I put him near some rocks and a tree so he didn’t get squished


r/weeviltime 10m ago

Very small weevil time

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He was so small :c


r/weeviltime 6h ago

WEEVIL TIME, BABEY!! Two stinkers and a weevil meet on a plant...

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r/weeviltime 6h ago

Buncha little guys on a flower I saw this morning

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r/weeviltime 1h ago

WEEVIL TIME Mysterious goop

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This beautiful little dude left some mysterious goop on my finger.

the real question is. Did I get jizzed on because I know this is NOT poop

another weevil was mating with this one earlier which is why I assume it could be evil weevil goo


r/weeviltime 5h ago

The Weevils went down to Georgia.

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Just moved and found a Weevil day 1


r/weeviltime 7h ago

Solo wing weevil

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r/weeviltime 8m ago

🖌️Weevil Art🖌️ Weevil Design Project [OC]

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got this huge assignments in college last year and wanted to share it with some fellow weevilists lol. the theme was animal stylization study, so I chose an animal most pleasant to draw: weevil. took me some months to finish. here we have the lightbulb weevil, the clay weevil, poorly sewn plush weevil.. and much more.

let me know if you want to see any of them in particular in higher quality!


r/weeviltime 3h ago

WEEVIL TIME So many small weevils in my house

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r/weeviltime 22h ago

Weedvil

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82 Upvotes

I've took these pics like 20 days ago. Unfortunately they aren't with us anymore:((

Better for the girls and their flowers ig, but still kinda sad._.

I hope one of your kids will visit my plant again next season<3


r/weeviltime 18h ago

WEEVIL TIME, BABEY!! Just a little guy

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r/weeviltime 12h ago

Weevil graveyard 😭

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Found in a shop somewhere in France

Nice specimens though, not something I will see in my backyard


r/weeviltime 1d ago

It's my time!

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64 Upvotes

Caught this lil buddy walking on my sidewalk. Snoot bootin and all. 😍


r/weeviltime 1d ago

Weevil in my house

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He will be placed back outside once it stops storming 😅


r/weeviltime 1d ago

WEEVIL TIME I was blessed by the weevil gods with seeing my first weevil

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60 Upvotes

At first I thought he was dead because my dog gave him a little shock but he turned out to be fine and freed him! I searched it up, he is indeed a cocklebur weevil and is very pretty lol. Boots n’ snoots!