Question

study the editorial cartoon how fungal bands eliminate asian longhorned beetles... by don landgren jr. what is the cartoonists purpose in this cartoon? to convince people that fungal bands are dangerous for beetles to convince people that beetles are damaging to trees to make people laugh at a play on words to make people believe that longhorn beetles hate fungi

Explanation:

The cartoon shows a band named "The Fun Guys" (a play on "fungi") playing music, and the beetle calls it an "awful racket." The purpose is to use wordplay ("Fun Guys" for fungi) to make people laugh, not to convince about danger to beetles, beetles damaging trees, or beetles hating fungi.

Answer:

to make people laugh at a play on words