Invasive species cost US billions annually

According to a piece published in U.K. newspaper The Guardian, damage from invasive species costs the United States approximately $120 billion per year.

Zebra mussels, which were first imported to the United States from Asia in the 1980s, are reportedly responsible for $1 billion in damages per year.

Spotted lanternflies, which feed on grape vines and food crops, are purportedly at fault for $324 million in damages annually.

Feral pigs, which have a presence in 35 U.S. states, cost the nation $3.5 billion per year according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.