Names
Features
Arrival
Impacts
Population & Control
100
This name, often shortened to "SLF", is commonly used to refer to the organism below: 
What is Spotted Lanternfly?
100
This part of the SLF body that enables it to harm local trees resembles this common drink apparatus in form and function.
What is a straw?
100
This continent is where SLF is native to.
What is Asia?
100
Plants where you can commonly find large amounts of SLF in our area, are known as...
What are "host plants"?
100
Scraping egg masses, one of the most effective control method for SLF, is best done in this season.
What is Winter?
200
SLF are members of this group which also includes aquatic organisms such as mayflies, stoneflies, caddisflies and shrimp.
What invertebrates (macroinvertebrates)?
200
This is the season that adults emerge as "flies".
What is Summer?
200
This is the year that SLF were thought to arrive in America.
What is 2014?
200
This predatory insect, know for eating their mates, is one of few organisms in the U.S. known to eat them SLF.
What is a praying mantis?
200
This category of organisms contribute to the exploding populations of SLF because they do not eat them.
What are (natural/native) predators?
300
The SLF is referred to by this scientific name.
What is Lycorma delicatula?
300
The life cycle of a SLF is approximately this long.
What is 1 year?
300
This is what happens to SLF adults in the winter.
What is death?
300
Also an invasive species, this is the prefered host plant for SLF.
What is Tree of Heaven (Alianthus altissima)?
300
The SLF and most insects show this type of survivorship.
What is Type III survivorship (early loss)?
400
This taxonomic family includes spoted lanternflies and related planthoppers.
What is Fulgoridae?
400
This adaptation, shown by the SLF, is used to camouflage insects on trees.
What is cryptic coloration?
400
This is what happens to the SLF eggs in the winter.
What is overwintering (in egg masses)?
400
This sooty black substance grows on and harms trees when fed by the spotted lanternflies secretions.
What is black mold?
400
This is the life history strategy used by SLF, known for having many young with little care.
What is r-?
500
This group of insects (which includes SLF) are small herbivorous insects often named for their unique appearances, jumping ability or specific host plants
What are planthoppers?
500
This bright color adaptation in SLF is used to warn predators.
What is aposematic coloration?
500
This is the place SLF originally arrived in America.
What is Pennsylvania?
500
This is the name of the sugary substance secreted by SLF after they digest sap from trees.
What is honeydew?
500
These factors, including weather events and natural disasters, can limit SLF populations randomly.
What are density-independent factors?