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Asian Long-Horned Beetle

Asian long-horned beetleScientific name: Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky)

Common names: Asian long-horned beetle (ALB), starry sky beetle

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USDA Urges Residents to be on the Lookout for the Asian Longhorned Beetle: Beetles Expected to Emerge in July (Jun 29, 2011)
USDA. APHIS. Plant Protection and Quarantine.
APHIS is asking for the public's help in detecting and preventing the spread of Asian Longhorned Beetles (Anoplophora glabripennis), a serious pest of hardwood trees. To date, the beetle has caused the destruction of more than 72,000 hardwood trees in the U.S. alone. See ALB Beetle Detectives Identification Sheet (PDF | 883 KB) and report your findings at Beetle Detectives.

Native To: Asia

Date of U.S. Introduction: ALB was first discovered in the United States in Brooklyn, New York, in Aug 1996. ALB was later detected in Chicago, Illinois, in Jul 1998. In Oct 2002, the beetle was found in Hudson County, New Jersey, and then in Middlesex and Union Counties, New Jersey, in Aug 2004.  In Aug 2008, ALB was discovered in Worcester County, Massachusetts, and in Jul 2010, ALB was found in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. In Jun 2011, ALB was detected in Clermont County, Ohio. However, in 2008, after the completion of control and regulatory activities, and following confirmation surveys, ALB was declared eradicated in Chicago, Illinois, and Hudson County, New Jersey. Similarly, in 2011, ALB was declared eradicated from Islip, New York. 
(APHIS - Weekly Digest Bulletin; Oct 26, 2011)

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Means of Introduction: Arrived accidentally in cargo from Asia

Impact: Destructive wood-boring pest of maple and other hardwoods

Current U.S. Distribution:

Management Plans: Animals / Asian Long-horned Beetle

Quarantine:

Selected Internet Resources:

Federal Government

Asian Longhorned Beetle
USDA. APHIS. Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey. National Agricultural Pest Information System.
Photographs; Distribution; Special Note: Links to other sites

Asian Longhorned Beetle
USDA. APHIS. Hungry Pests.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Distribution; Controls

Asian Longhorned Beetles (Jun 2000, Vol. 48, No. 6)
USDA. Agricultural Research Service.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls

Anoplophora glabripennis Article Citation Search - AGRICOLA Database
USDA. National Agricultural Library.
Research; Special Note: NAL Catalog Search (resources)

Asian Longhorned Beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis: An Emerging Success (PDF | 126 KB)
USDA. Agricultural Research Service.
Photographs; Impacts; Controls; Research

Alien Invasion: The Asian Longhorn Beetle
USDA. ARS. Systematic Entomology Lab.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Special Note: Education Resource

Anoplophora glabripennis
North American Forest Commission. Exotic Forest Pest Information System.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls

Beetle Busters
USDA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Distribution; Controls

Asian Longhorned Beetle
USDA. APHIS. Plant Protection and Quarantine.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls; Legal Aspects

Pest Alert: Asian Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis): A New Introduction (2008)
USDA. Forest Service; USDA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts

Asian Longhorned Beetle
USDA. FS. Northeastern Area. State and Private Forestry.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Illustrations; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls; Legal Aspects; Special Note: Data and Maps on Infestations in New York and Chicago

Asian Longhorned Beetle
USDA. Forest Service. Northern Research Station.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls

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State Government

Asian Longhorned Beetle Pest Profile
California Department of Food and Agriculture. Pest Detection/Emergency Projects Branch.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Life Cycle; Impacts; Distribution

Asian Long-Horned Beetle
Illinois Department of Agriculture.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Illustrations; Introduction History; Life Cycle; Impacts; Controls; Legal Aspects

Asian Longhorned Beetle
Michigan Department of Agriculture.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion

Asian Longhorned Beetle Alert
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Controls

Asian Longhorned Beetle
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Division of Parks and Forestry.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts

Asian Longhorned Beetle Information
Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Forestry.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Life Cycle; Impacts

Asian Longhorned Beetle
Oregon Department of Agriculture. Plant Division. Insect Pest Prevention and Management.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Distribution

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University/Academic

Asian Long-Horned Beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis
University of California - Riverside. Center for Invasive Species Research.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Distribution

Asian Longhorned Beetle - Introduced Species Summary Project
Columbia University. Center for Environmental Research and Conservation.
Taxonomy; Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Controls

Asian Longhorned Beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis
Oklahamo State University. Entomology and Plant Pathology.
Introduction History; Photographs; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Controls

Asian Longhorned Beetle - UVM Public Awareness
University of Vermont. Entomological Research Laboratory.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Illustration; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls; Legal Aspects

Pest Alert-Asian Longhorned Beetle Anoplophora glabripennis
Western IPM Center.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Controls

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International

Asian Long Horned Beetle
Forest Invasive Alien Species of Canada.
Taxonomy; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts

Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis)
Natural Resources Canada. Canadian Forest Service.
Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Special Note: Detecting Signs and Symptoms of Asian Longhorned Beetle Injury: Training Guide (2006; PDF | 9.44 MB)

Asian Long-horned Beetle
Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (Canada).
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Distribution

Asian Longhorned Beetle
Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Plant Health Division.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Life Cycle; Distribution

Anoplophora glabripennis - EPPO Data Sheets on Quarantine Pests (PDF | 37 KB)
European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization.
Taxonomy; Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls; Legal Aspects

Anoplophora glabripennis (insect) - ISSG Global Invasive Species Database
World Conservation Union. Invasive Species Specialist Group.
Taxonomy; Identification/Description; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Distribution; Controls

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Organizations

Anoplophora glabripennis
Discover Life.
Identification/Description; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls

Special Report: Asian Longhorned Beetle (Nov 1998; PDF | 313 KB)
Invasive.org.
Identification/Description; Photograph; Introduction History; Impacts; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion; Legal Aspects

Asian longhorned beetle
Invasive.org.
Photographs; Special Note: Resources

Asian Longhorned Beetle Eradication Program
Massachusetts Introduced Pests Outreach Project.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Habitat; Legal Aspects

Asian Longhorned Beetle
Morton Arboretum.
Introduction History; Photographs; Impacts; Life Cycle

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