#lanternfly
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #lanternfly from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
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Day-by-day usage
measured · mastodon.online (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-10-27 06:10 UTC0 uses by 0 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
Related hashtags
measured · mastodon.online (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-10-27 06:10 UTCLive pulse
measured · mastodon.online (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-10-27 06:10 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~31559 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 10:00
Languages: English (39) · Spanish (1)
Avg boosts / post: 2.9
Top of the latest posts
Today's lanternfly of the day is Pyrops cultellatus! There are many green lanternfies, but the green coloration of most species is the result of green veins on a contrastingly black wing membrane. The membrane of this species is entirely gr
#NewSpecies! New lanternfly from #cambodia just came in: Zanna limbourgi Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/CDC2CFD0-B1E8-4DA2-8114-5F4BD37D8782 Publication: http://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.958.2665 #ejtaxonomy #ZannaLimbourgi #FAIRda
I saw my first #lanternfly ! Iooked it up and went to tell my husband, but he had already pulled the host ailanthus and was taking brush to the dump. So many in our area that Ag. Extension doesn't need more reports of sightings :(
What “lanternfly” means
WikipediaThe family Fulgoridae is a large group of hemipteran insects, especially abundant and diverse in the tropics, containing over 125 genera worldwide. They are mostly of moderate to large size, many with a superficial resemblance to Lepidoptera due to their brilliant and varied coloration. Various genera and species are sometimes referred to as lanternflies or lanthorn flies.
“Fulgoridae” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#lanternfly across platforms
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