Emerald ash borer.(PEST OF THE MONTH)

From: Arbor Age | Date: May 1, 2005| Author: Childs, Gina; Katovich, Steve | Copyright information

EMERALD ASH BORER, AGRILUS PLANIPENNIS, HAS QUICKLY BECOME ONE OF the most destructive exotic forest insects ever introduced into the United States.

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What Does it Look Like?

The adult emerald ash borer is a slender, metallic green/bronze beetle approximately 10-mm long. Our only native Agrilus beetle known to attack ash is much smaller and darker and attacks only the smaller branches of ash. The larvae are cream colored, fairl...

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