Rileychas Loc: San Diego, California

Saw many of these guys around in NYC last week. Looks like some kind of moth.

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catterar Loc: Angier, NC

That is a Spotted Lantern Fly, that entomologist are asking us to kill on sight.
https://extension.psu.edu/spotted-lanternfly

Haydon

By uploading your image to Google Image search it comes back as a spotted lantern fly.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

And how their eyes are located, they can see you coming to smack them, so you have to be vewy, vewy fast!!!
Vewy fast!

I wonder if this is the first they've been seen in New York.

Rileychas Loc: San Diego, California

Wow, did not know that. They are definitely in NYC now

HistoryLover Loc: Landenberg,Pa.

Slow is better. If you try to swat them fast, you’ll miss every time! Hover over them, and move down slowly. They are fast little suckers!

niteman3d Loc: South Central Pennsylvania, USA

I called the extension service a couple of years ago to report one and left a message. A little later a lady in uniform and a couple of assistants showed up on foot within minutes of her calling me back and wanting to know where I was. They had been scouting on foot to see if they could find more (we're in a town with 20k or so people). She told me this was the first sighting in our county. I had it in a jar and gave it to her. They went away, but the bugs didn't. Never heard a word after that, but we've probably killed many hundreds of them since with swatters (repeated blows for adults) if they're out in the open and Neem oil or vinegar if hard to physically reach. Be careful the Neem oil near good insects as it will zap them too and vinegar can be tough on plants you want to keep. We only use that when they're on porcelain vine which we also want to go away. The aphids are pretty easy as they can't jump forward, the adults are tougher. DW is in a never-ending battle with garden pests and this is just the latest in her killing spree. Good luck as they are a real PITA.

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

The national news (NBC) had a story on them a few weeks ago and showed one in Central Park.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

I saw less in our area this year that I have in the past two years, but they are still here.
I don't remember where they were first reported.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Oh, and they hitchhike on vehicles.....

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

So...why not have some fun when dispatching them? This is a "Bug-A-Salt" rifle designed to shoot a pinch of salt at a fly or other insect that you want to dispatch. They are environmentally friendly because no harmful chemicals are used as other forms of insect irradiation.
https://www.bugasalt.com/

DWU2 Loc: Phoenix Arizona area

Squash them!