Nice…
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That’s pretty amusing, reminds me of the autonomous death machines they use on some islands in NZ (iirc) to eradicate ferrel cats.
I’ve read there are several parasitic wasps under evaluation as biocontrols. I suspect the wasps will be marginal cheaper than dedicated hunter killer robots, if less cool.
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That’s how they should market it… Lanternfly Hunter Killer Robot 
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Or The Lanternminator…
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Careful, they might send a lanternfly back into the past to try and stop us.
Wait a minute… How’d the ones in North America get here?
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Best line in the article is “ everybody loves a good killer robot.” Unless they’re running from it! I immediately thought of the episode of the British series “Black Mirror” in which a small band of humans navigate the post apocalyptic landscape whilst being hunted by Boston Dynamics style killer robot dogs. Nice to know humans aren’t the only potential target of such a machine.
What you’re saying is we have to close the portal. I can see the preview now: “In a world…”
Yes, perhaps just slightly. A wonder if a glass dome is also under consideration.
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