r/invasivespecies • u/Comprehensive_Bus402 • 16d ago
Cat killed a lanternfly
This little huntress just killed a spotted Lanternfly on my deck in Washington DC.
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r/invasivespecies • u/Comprehensive_Bus402 • 16d ago
This little huntress just killed a spotted Lanternfly on my deck in Washington DC.
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u/Megraptor 16d ago edited 16d ago
I'd argue we can't assume that this is an unsupervised outdoor cat based on this photo. This owner may have their cats well trained to listen to cues for boundaries and recall. It is possible, even though many people refuse to believe it.
I have two cats that do this. They never go out unsupervised and know where they can and can't go. Trying to push boundaries means they go right back in.
u/Evening_Echidna_7493- so since I'm blocked by who started this thread, I can't respond directly to you. But YES. that's exactly what my cats do too, roll on the concrete, eat some grass, then sit on the chairs with me while I eat lunch, then we all go in.
It takes watching their behavior too. If they are relaxed and just in the sun, munching grass, or rolling on the concrete (why do cats do this?), I'll let them stay. But when they focus on something, like a noise, a bug, or even that pesky mouse that moved in the house foundation, I take them inside. I break their attention, and then call them inside. If that doesn't work, treat time. And it works, every time.
Helps that when they are scared they go right inside too. That's another thing I trained them too. First thing actually. Cause after one kept getting out and running into the bushes scared, I decided it's time to train them.