Meet the Beetles: Emerald ash borer threatens Maryland.

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune | Date: March 14, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: Jen DeGregorio

WASHINGTON _ Maryland state officials have destroyed nearly 600 trees and will cut at least 500 more to stop a parasitic Asian beetle that, if left unchecked, could exact $227.5 million in losses from Baltimore-area greenhouses and nurseries alone.

The emerald ash borer was discovered in August during a routine Maryland Department of Agriculture inspection of a nursery in Brandywine, Md. Officials had been on the lookout for the beetle, ...

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