Stomp On Spotted Lanternflies

At this point I think we all know of the invasive species from China, or the “negative creature” said by Nathan Milkes a sixth grader.”. The Spotted Lanternfly has been an invasive species since 2006. Lanternflies have spread  to South Korea and to other parts of Asia as well as the United States. These insects were introduced to the United States in 2014 by egg masses hitching a ride on travelers or shipped containers.

Spotted Lanternflies are attracted to common milkweed, even though it’s not part of their native habitat. Spotted Lanternflies don't know it is poisonous to them so they eat the sap which gives them fatal sickness. The poisonous sap also slows the Spotted Lanternfly down so they are much easier to catch and stomp on. 

 A Spotted Lanternflies diet is a wide range of fruit and trees, all these plants are crucial to our environment and without them would be a piece missing from a puzzle. You can tell that it's a Spotted lanternfly because of its gray spotted wings and crimson wings with black spots right behind them. These insects also have a flattish face with two big red eyes and hairy legs. Spotted Lanternflies are bad for the environment, because they eat plants, trees, and fruits. These little insects could raise prices and would further worsen inflation. If this goes on we will have a food crisis. Even though they are pretty, you should stomp on them anyway.

Spotted Lanternflies are attracted to a limited selection of plants such as apples, plums, peaches and other fruits but mainly they are attracted to the Ailanthus Altissima. The Ailanthus Altissima is nicknamed the Tree of Heaven because it grows very high in only 6 months almost like its reaching for the sky (or heaven) but the tree of heaven is very bad and like William Duffy in 6th grade said “ the tree of heaven is very bad to the environment around it.”

Invasive species overall are bad in fact, Nathan Milks a 6th grader said “to exterminate them.” 

Invasive species are bad for  any environment including New York because they are capable of causing extinctions on plants and animals, reducing biodiversity, competing with native organisms for limited resources, and altering habitats. Similar to what Will Duffy a sixth grader in 602 said 

“They suck.”

We asked almost everyone in the sixth grade about how many Spotted lanternflies they've killed, and we found out that all together we have killed 1,668 Spotted Lanternflies!