Only verified submissions count toward competitive rankings.
Every verified kill during an official clash scores for the hunter's town. Local pride is now on the line.
Hunters can nominate a rival. Admins choose which matchups become official City Clashes.
Build a crew, compete together, complete missions, and challenge rival squads.
Your live hunter profile, stats, evidence history, and verification status.
Review pending submissions. Only verified kills affect XP, rankings, squads, public activity, and town battles.
Learn what spotted lanternflies look like, why they matter, and how to hunt responsibly.
Spotted lanternflies are invasive planthoppers that feed on many plants. Large populations can stress plants and create sticky honeydew that promotes sooty mold. This section is a starter placeholder; before public launch we should source the final guidance directly from USDA and your state agriculture agencies.
AI identification assistant
Check whether a photo is likely a spotted lanternfly before submitting.
Lookalike quiz
Learn to distinguish lanternflies from native insects.
Host plant guide
Learn where they tend to gather and what signs to watch for.
Your location powers town rankings, City Clash scoring, and nearby competition. We only need your town-level location for the game.
Only verified spotted lanternfly evidence counts toward your score. That keeps rankings, squads and City Clashes legitimate.
Your first goal is simple: safely find a spotted lanternfly, submit photo evidence, and earn your first verified point.
Invite links are easiest. If someone sent you only the 8-character code, enter it below.
Enter the email address you use for SPOTTED! and we'll send a secure reset link.
Choose a new password for your SPOTTED! account.
SPOTTED! collects account information you provide, including your email address, display name, username, town/city, county and state. Reports include the count, general town-level location, notes and photo evidence you choose to provide.
Your display name or username, town-level location, verified score, rankings, Squad membership and game activity may be visible to signed-in players so the game can function.
Your sign-in email is not displayed on leaderboards. Kill-evidence photos are stored privately and are limited to the submitting user and authorized moderators. SPOTTED! does not request precise GPS coordinates for game scoring.
We use information to operate accounts, verify reports, calculate rankings, run Squads and City Clash, prevent abuse, send in-app notifications and improve the Early Access service.
Cloudflare hosts the website. Supabase provides authentication, database and file storage services. These providers process data as needed to operate SPOTTED! We do not sell personal information or share it for advertising.
Evidence images are resized in the browser before upload. Avoid including faces, private addresses, license plates or other unnecessary personal information.
You can request account deletion from Profile. During Early Access, requests are reviewed and completed by the SPOTTED! administrator.
SPOTTED! is still being tested. Features and this notice may evolve before a wider launch.
SPOTTED! is designed to make community action, learning and invasive-species awareness more engaging—not to encourage unsafe behavior.
Join your community. Track spotted lanternflies. Protect the places you call home.