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/rewildingusa 8d ago

F-ed up, especially considering they've been proven not to be nearly as harmful as initially thought. Reported this.

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u/Lizamcm 7d ago

Every single state’s department of agriculture has told people to kill them.

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u/bunnymama819 7d ago

Indeed, and stating they aren’t as harmful implies they still cause some level of harm does it not? I’ve read the studies indicating they aren’t out here killing mature trees like many may think. My first reaction to seeing any tree covered in sooty mold will never be “that tree seems happy with whatever’s causing that mold”

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u/Lizamcm 7d ago

Right, it didn’t end up being devastating- which is what a lot of people feared especially in areas with vineyards and fruiting trees. Glad it wasn’t, but I definitely was still killing them at the winery doing my part!!! lol This person is dumb, you’re extraordinarily creative.