The Spotted Lanternfly Project
By Girl Scout Troop 80062
Our Goal.
The Girl Scout Troop 80062, has been working towards our Silver Award Project, We decided to focus on the issue of the Spotted Lanternfly Invasion Our mission is to inform and assist others on this problem. We chose to create our eco-friendly friendly trap to preserve our trees and the wildlife around them. If you would like to be educated and or build one of our traps with simple materials, please scroll below for more information.
Thank you for your support
-Troop 80062
Information About Spotted Lanternflies
In one state in 2019, the estimate of damage cost and agricultural damage was $300 million. What people might not know is that Spotted Lanternflies are an invasive species originating from China that was first found in Pennsylvania in 2014. When feasting they suck out the sap from the plant and then secrete a substance that attracts other insects.
The lanternflies can be very damaging if they get into our trees. The lanternflies do have weaknesses and can be trapped easily enough with some common supplies. Without being on a tree for 24-48 hours the lanternflies would die. Lanternflies can only climb up and are not able to go back down. Our traps contain the spotted lanternflies in a plastic bag when they climb up the tree and trap them so they are stuck
Great qualities of our environmentally friendly traps are:
- They can be moved from one tree to another.
- They can be emptied without a lot of trouble.
- The type of trap isn't sticky, where other animals and insects can get killed.
- The traps can be reused year after year when the Lantern Flies are out.
- The traps are easy to install and uninstall.
The Traps
Our ecofriendly traps are to help preserve the trees and wildlife but also stop the lanternflies from destroying the trees. this diagram to the left is showing the elements and how they are used in the trap prosses. as you can see there are also pictures of the lanternflies that got caught in the traps. And lastly the link at the bottom includes a video of how to build your own traps.
Our homemade traps collected with the lanternflies
Trap installed on the tree
Click on the video to lean to create our lanternfly traps and more information about them!
