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Emerald Ash Borer

Emerald Ash BorerScientific name: Agrilus planipennis (Fairmaire)

Common name: Emerald ash borer

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Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week - Don't Move Firewood -- May 20-26, 2007
Ohio State University Extension.
EAB Awareness Week, an eight-state effort to reach people at the beginning of the summer season. Along with Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Virginia and Wisconsin are marking EAB Awareness Week. The campaign is designed to teach citizens about the insect and prepare them to manage the invasive species.

For more information about EAB Awareness Week or EAB in general, visit ashalert.osu.edu or call (888) OHIO-EAB.

Native To: Asia

Date of U.S. Introduction: 2002

Images: Invasive.org and Google

Means of Introduction: Arrived accidentally in cargo imported from Asia

Current U.S. Distribution: IL, IN, MD, MI, OH, PA (Maps and State EAB Information)

Quarantine:

Management Plans: Animals / Emerald Ash Borer

Selected Internet Resources:

Federal Government

Emerald Ash Borer
USDA. APHIS. Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey. National Agricultural Pest Information System.
Photographs; Distribution; Special Note: Links to other sites

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

Emerald Ash Borer
USDA. APHIS. Plant Protection and Quarantine.
Photographs; Illustrations; Impacts; Life Cycle; Distribution; Controls

Emerald Ash Borer
USDA. Forest Service. North Central Research Station.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion; Research

Emerald Ash Borer
USDA. Forest Service. Northeastern Area.
Identification/Description; Introduction History

Emerald Ash Borer - Effects of Urban Forests and their Management on Human Health and Environmental Quality
USDA. Forest Service. Northeastern Research Station.
Impacts

Pest Alert - Emerald Ash Borer (Dec 2002; PDF | 380 KB)
USDA. Forest Service. State and Private Forestry. Northeastern Area.
Taxonomy; Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Life Cycle; Dispersion

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State Government

Emerald Ash Borer
Illinois Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Environmental Programs. Division of Natural Resources.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Controls; Distribution

Emerald Ash Borer
Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
Identification/Description; Photographs

Emerald Ash Borer in Maryland
Maryland Department of Agriculture.
Identification/Description; Introduction History; Impacts

Emerald Ash Borer
Michigan Department of Agriculture.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Distribution; Impacts; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls; Special Note: Pest Alert: Emerald Ash Borer - An Unwanted Hitchhiker (PDF | 339 KB)

Emerald Ash Borer
Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts

EmeraldAshBorer.info
Michigan Department of Agriculture; Michigan Department of Natural Resources; Michigan State University; USDA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and Forest Service.
Taxonomy; Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Controls; Research

Emerald Ash Borer
Minnesota Department of Agriculture.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts

Emerald Ash Borer
Ohio Department of Agriculture.
Identification/Description; Introduction History; Impacts; Distribution; Controls; Legal Aspects

Emerald Ash Borer (EAB)
Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Forestry.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Distribution

Emerald Ash Borer
West Virginia Division of Forestry.
Identification/Description; Introduction History; Impacts; Distribution

Emerald Ash Borer
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Forest Health Protection.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts

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University/Academic

Emerald Ash Borer
(Indiana) Purdue University Extension.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Life Cycle; Controls

Emerald Ash Borer: Biology and Control Options
Michigan State University. Center For Integrated Plant Systems. Diagnostics Services.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Distribution; Controls

Emerald Ash Borer Update
Michigan State University Extension. Macomb County.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Dispersion; Controls

Emerald Ash Borer
Michigan Technological University. Forest Resources and Environmental Sciences. Center for Exotic Species.
Introduction History; Controls

Ash Alert: Emerald Ash Borer
Ohio State University.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Life Cycle; Distribution

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International

Emerald Ash Borer
Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (Canada).
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Life Cycle; Distribution; Controls

Emerald Ash Borer
Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Plant Products Directorate. Plant Health Division.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Legal Aspects

Emerald Ash Borer - Forest Health Alert (Jul 2002)
Natural Resources Canada. Canadian Forest Service; Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle

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Organizations

Emerald ash borer
Invasive.org.
Taxonomy; Photographs

Emerald Ash Borer in Maryland
Maryland Invasive Species Council.
Taxonomy; Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Distribution; Controls

Emerald Ash Borer
Massachusetts Introduced Pests Outreach Project.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Habitat

Agrilus planipennis (Emerald ash borer)
Nature Conservancy. Global Invasive Species Initiative.
Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Controls

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Last Modified: May 15, 2008
 
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