How do you use Lanternflies in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Lanternflies in a sentence
Lanternflies meaning
plural of lanternfly
Using Lanternflies
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of lanternfly
- In the example corpus, lanternflies often appears in combinations such as: spotted lanternflies, the lanternflies.
Context around Lanternflies
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lanternflies
- In this selection, "lanternflies" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, spotted, controlling, mess, drew, feed and enjoy stand out and add context to how "lanternflies" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include adult spotted lanternflies will soon and dead spotted lanternflies have been. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lanternflies" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lanternflies
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Two dead spotted lanternflies have been found in Milford and Norwood. (11 words)
It’s recommended businesses incorporate spotted lanternflies into its pest management plans. (12 words)
Spotted lanternflies enjoy feeding on more than 70 species of trees and herbaceous plants. (14 words)
Bills introduced in the U.S. House and Senate this week to fund research into controlling lanternflies drew bipartisan support, including Pennsylvania’s two Democrat senators, John Fetterman and Bob Casey, and J.D. Vance, Ohio’s new Republican senator. (40 words)
Spotted lanternflies can cause serious damage, including oozing sap, wilting, leaf curling and dieback in trees, vines, crops and many other types of plants, according to the state’s Department of Agriculture. (32 words)
Ms. Joseph said her daughter felt she was serving her community in her efforts to kill the lanternflies — she even asked for special permission to go spray the trees by herself. (31 words)
Example sentences (12)
Bills introduced in the U.S. House and Senate this week to fund research into controlling lanternflies drew bipartisan support, including Pennsylvania’s two Democrat senators, John Fetterman and Bob Casey, and J.D. Vance, Ohio’s new Republican senator.
Ms. Joseph said her daughter felt she was serving her community in her efforts to kill the lanternflies — she even asked for special permission to go spray the trees by herself.
While spotted lanternflies feed on upward of 70 plants, the crops to which they've done the most damage are hop plants -- a key component in brewing beer -- and grape vines.
Apparently, it’s native to where the lanternflies are from and lays eggs among the lanternfly eggs.
Spotted lanternflies can cause serious damage, including oozing sap, wilting, leaf curling and dieback in trees, vines, crops and many other types of plants, according to the state’s Department of Agriculture.
Spotted lanternflies enjoy feeding on more than 70 species of trees and herbaceous plants.
It’s quiet now, but in a couple of weeks, adult spotted lanternflies will soon be wreaking havoc on Chestnut Hill and its residents’ way of life.
The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources said nursery stock with lanternflies and their eggs “may have been unintentionally imported and planted in several parts” of the state.
Two dead spotted lanternflies have been found in Milford and Norwood.
It’s recommended businesses incorporate spotted lanternflies into its pest management plans.
Spotted lanternflies spread in many ways — they can attach to live plants, metal on vehicles, and wood that has been cut down and transported such as firewood or Christmas trees.
Besides creating a sticky mess, lanternflies also have other ways of making their presence felt.
Common combinations with lanternflies
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: