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Native range of emerald ash borer in eastern Asia and introduced range in European Russia as of 2013 Map of US counties infested with emerald ash borer as of July 2024. The native range of the emerald ash borer is temperate north-eastern Asia, which includes Russia, Mongolia, northern China, Japan, and Korea. [11] [10]
The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis), also commonly known by the acronym EAB, is a green beetle native to Asia; its larvae kill ash trees. [1] In North America, the EAB is an invasive species, highly destructive to ash trees in its introduced range. The damage of this insect rivals that of chestnut blight and Dutch elm disease. [17]
This is a list of invasive species in North America.A species is regarded as invasive if it has been introduced by human action to a location, area, or region where it did not previously occur naturally (i.e., is not a native species), becomes capable of establishing a breeding population in the new location without further intervention by humans, and becomes a pest in the new location ...
Federal and state officials said Monday the emerald ash borer, known for killing 99% of Michigan’s ash trees and killing thousands more across the East Coast, has been detected in Yamhill ...
The borer was first found in Hennepin County in 2010 and is expected to kill more than a million ash trees, roughly 15% of the county's tree canopy. Removing an infested ash tree can cost ...
The emerald ash borer was confirmed in several areas of Albert Lea earlier this year, said City Manager Ian Rigg. With 12,000 ash trees in the city, the insect will have a significant impact on ...
In 2017, the blue ash, along with other ashes native to the Eastern United States such as the black ash, green ash and white ash were assessed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN. This is due to the non-native invasive emerald ash borer's massive population increase across the native habitat of these trees. [1]
Jul. 23—With the emerald ash borer confirmed as close as Alden to the west and Austin to the east, the city of Albert Lea has developed a management plan for how to move forward with the ...