Emerald Ash Borers Establish Inwards Oklahoma

Emerald Ash Borer - NH Bugs

The Entomology too Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, reported that the Emerald Ash Borers cause got been constitute here. 

Eric Rebek, Extension Entomologist, reports. "Emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis, an invasive wood-boring beetle that has killed hundreds of millions of North American ash trees inwards the US too Canada, has been recovered from a monitoring trap inwards Delaware County. This select grip of represents the showtime official tape of this devastating insect inwards Oklahoma. 

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 The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food too Forestry (ODAFF) notified me of the detect on Oct 13, too the identity of the specimen was after verified every bit EAB. Information for sharing alongside the full general world was made available yesteryear ODAFF too tin sack hold upwards constitute at http://www.forestry.ok.gov/eab. Emerald ash borer belongs to a grouping of woodborers known every bit flatheaded borers. The adult beetles are oft shiny too brilliantly colored, too thence are called metallic element wood-boring beetles. 

Emerald ash borer was initially discovered infesting ash trees most Detroit, Michigan inwards 2002, precisely it was accidentally introduced from its native Asia inwards corporation wood packing textile sometime during the 1990’s. This exotic, invasive insect has been spreading throughout North America e'er since too is forthwith constitute inwards 29 states including Oklahoma too Ontario, Canada."

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