Study the editorial cartoon How Fungal Bands Eliminate Asian Longhorned Beetles . . . by Don Landgren Jr.

3 mushrooms are in a band titled "The Fun Guys" and are playing music on a tree branch. Next to them is a beetle holding its ears, saying "What is that awful racket?" Above them is the caption
© Don Landgren – USA TODAY NETWORK.

What is the cartoonist's 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