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Itās funny that with no proof provided that lantern flies are a danger to domestic flaura, except that one (CIATimes) article demanding people squish the bugs with a lengthy full page worth of where the flies originated from (China) itās just another massive propaganda drive to promote Sinophobia. Sure itās as ālittle as swatting a flyā but that rhetoric still persists in the minds of those who donāt necessarily attempt any critical thinking.
Regardless the fact many more of these species will be introducing themselves to your homes within the coming years because of climate change, you still think that you can control nature? Itās honestly quite astounding the amount of people defending murdering innocent creatures because they are labeled āinvasiveā. I have a small garden of vegetables and herbs on my window, I also have families of lantern bugs living amongst the flaura, I gather about 70% yield which is still enough for me to be happy with. Where do these horror stories that āinvasive species badā come true.
You canāt be both sides of the the argument. You canāt be against climate change yet pro irradication of an āinvasive speciesā the same way you canāt be pro invasive species yet against climate change being the cause. Climate change is the cause, and you will see more and more and more of these species seeking refuge where you live.
Another analogy, are you willing to let an immigrant family into your home? Or will you listen to the government and shut your doors to them because they are alleged āinvasiveā
You call yourselves communists lol, fuck off
Bad bit, invasive species are incredibly damaging to local ecosystems oftentimes causing mass die offs, if not extinctions, of local flora and fauna. See round gobies, Asian carp, and zebra mussels in the great lakes. More often than not invasive species are introduced accidentally into ecosystems by humans, they are not naturally migrating there.
We do see migrations of animals further north as the climate warms like armadillos and deer ticks in the Americas but these are not treated as invasive species. Similarly, species not native to an ecosystem but have become naturalized and are therefore not as damaging are not treated as invasive, like European starlings, dandelions, and pigeons in North America.
Now from a Vegan POV
I don't know what the best solution to invasive species would be. I have heard some vegans make the argument that invasive species control is better as it results in less animal death overall but it is difficult.being for animal liberation and against mass animal enslavement and cruelty doesnāt mean that culling animals is never necessary, just as being for human liberation and against human enslavement and cruelty doesnāt mean that itās never necessary to cull fascists
and stopping animal extinction, like stopping genocide, can make it necessary to do some killing
the āalways let animals be and wreck the environmentā is
shit like āisntreal has the right to defend itselfāthat said, human intervention has to be carefully thought out to not cause harm, and sometimes not intervening can be the best course of action
That isnāt my point. The invasive species are a product of a man made cause which is forcing various species to seek alternative habitats due to the conditions created by the burgeroise and their endless quest for nonrenewable resources / wealth.
āInvasiveā is a byproduct of the shifts in climate that we donāt take into consideration, the āinvasiveā species turning up and ruining new ecosystems is within itself because of the fact their ecosystems were destroyed in the first place. It baffles me because you donāt question the habitats before the migration, the issue now is ātheyāre in my habitat and must be destroyed.ā
Its like the analogy of voting the lesser evil as if youāll ever get your utopia out of them, the climate is destroyed, yes there is a 60 year buffer but if we are seeing species that have traveled across the pond and they are flourishing in our habitat that is less likely an issue of āinvasive speciesā itās the larger issue regarding the ever increasing speed at which climate is destroying entire ecosystems.
Which invasive species are you thinking of which migrated on its own? They're typically labeled invasive because they were carelessly introduced by some humans, not because of climate change. Not yet, at least.
If you donāt think the spike of lantern flies across the US isnāt part of climate shifts then you simply donāt understand how dire the situation is. It is fact the lantern flies emigrated with the help of humans, but I donāt see why this important piece of information isnāt the most vital, why a species since 2014 has been able to flourish up till this year and not just in one season but all seasons.
From my perspective, Iāve seen lantern flies all year round when I used to only see them through during August-September. The concern here is climate and the way climate has shifted so much that species that have existed across the continent are content with cohabiting in a place pre 2014 would have been able to survive. Climate is 100% the issue here and lantern flies really are only one small portion of change we will actually be exposed to. Killing them in mass is futile, you might think youāre saving your ecosystem but frankly the ecosystem has already been claimed by the never ending and persistent increase of climate. Many creaturesās habitats have been destroyed, it feels like your solution to all this is the lib way of āvote them outā when the damage has already been done but not like last year twenty years ago. There is a buffer with climate change and we are about in the 1970s range of feeling the effects from that year. In the coming years more and more issues will arise, and you think that stomping on flies is going to help your problem. What about when thereās water shortages? What about when the soils are no longer fertile because the minerals required for plant growth seize to exist.
You think the solution is to encourage more death, the death is already here and itās already approaching, the only thing youāre doing is adding to the chaos. We cannot change the course of nature as it stands. With the amount of toxic chemicals dispersed to drive profit of our produce, to the oils used to fuel the machines that cull them, you really think a fly is the issue.
You're right, due to the enormity of the task we should just give up lol