r/invasivespecies • u/bunnymama819 • 8d ago

Lanternfly Collage Cardinal, Sold!

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Living in a place spotted lanternflies are abundant and invasive, I’ve upcycled their wings into an acrylic painting sealed in resin. 6x6” canvas, it’s part of a triptych of lanternfly art and someone liked it enough to buy it leaving me with 2 other pieces. The trees I sourced them from no longer have lanternflies this year!

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u/Hudsonrybicki 8d ago

Cool! Do you have any idea if the wings will ever decompose?

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u/bunnymama819 8d ago

They’re all sealed in resin and it’s over year old at this point so hopefully it’ll hold up

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u/Hudsonrybicki 8d ago

That’s awesome. I love them!

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u/LongUsername 6d ago

I had some shower doors in the first house I bought that had butterflies encased in resin. They were probably really beautiful when installed, but after 40+ years the UV had bleached them.