Not alive. Lantern bugs are members of the order Hemiptera, the order of insects containing what are commonly called “true bugs”.
If you see one, just step on it and you will be saving the lives of many trees at the same time you stomp its life out.
Most hemipterans feed on plants, as is the case with lantern bugs. The incredible structure that many lantern bugs exhibit on the top of their head, as seen in the image above, includes a small mouthpiece used to puncture and feed on plant cells. After puncturing the thick cell walls of the plants, they use the mouthpiece to suck out the sap found in the cells.
Sap from plant cells includes a high level of glucose, other sugars, and all of the proteins and fats that small insects need to survive. Though all lantern bug species eat in this manner, there is incredible variety within the family Fulgoridae, found mostly in the genus Fulgora and the genus Pyrops.
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