Hi everyone! Today I’ll be talking about a very destructive and invasive species known as the Spotted Lanternfly. I’ll be going over how it got here and why it’s so bad! Thanks for watching! #invasivespecies #spottedlanternfly #insects
Keep in mind, these bugs are aggressive and will jump at you. However, they cannot bite or sting you and they can only jump 3 times before they are tired and each time they jump/fly, the distance gets shorter and shorter. They are easy to kill, but they are fast jumpers.
I feel it's important to point out that you cant just go out and cut down a Tree of Heaven to kill it. These plants have a defense mechanism, triggered by stress, that causes them to shoot out new plants underground when there is a danger to the original plant. Trying to cut one down in the traditional way would just cause multiple new plants to sprout up in that area.
