Spotted Lantern Flies

[Anonymous]

Unlike butterflies, lanternflies don't bring beauty or balance. Their transformation is a warning, not a blessing.

(As an invasive species), we can interpret their spiritual meaning symbolically by looking at:
• Their behavior
• Their impact
• Their life cycle

Here's a symbolic breakdown:

Lanternflies often represent:
• Unchecked growth
• Overconsumption
• Ecological imbalance

They feed by piercing plant stems and sucking out sap.
• They rely on specific host trees, particularly the tree-of-heaven (also an invasive species).
• Their presence disrupts local ecosystems—
they consume without balance, often damaging or killing the host.
From an ecological view, they symbolize a disrupted relationship with nature.

Symbolic message:
Are you taking more than you're giving? Is something in your life growing in a way that's not sustainable?

Symbolic message:
Not all transformation is positive. Are you transforming into something harmful to yourself or others?


A Call to Awareness
Their sudden appearance, especially in urban areas, forces people to stop and pay attention— to their environment, to invasive behaviors, and to fragility in systems.

Final Message
Lantern flies represent a call to reassess how we treat the Earth, others, and ourselves.

[Anonymous]

Kill them all

[Anonymous]

It's incredible how this is the first year I notice them in my area, and yet in this one year, they're already very numerous.