Identify Emerald Ash Borer | Vermont Invasives

EAB IDENTIFICATION

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Adult emerald ash borers are 1/4 to 1/2 inches long, narrow and bullet shaped with a flat back.
Adults are metallic in color with purple/red metallic abdominal segments beneath their wing covers.
Larvae can get up to 3 cm in length and are a creamy white color with no legs.
Larvae body is made up of flattened, bell-shaped segments.
Attacks all species of ash trees.

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS of EAB

Adult beetles emerge in late May/early June
Bark splitting
S-shaped tunnels behind outer bark
D-shaped exit holes 1/8" wide on bark surface
Woodpecker flecking
Dead top branches of ash trees
Leafy offshoots from the lower trunk of ash trees

NATIVE LOOK-ALIKES

Emerald ash borer can be confused with many native insects.

native look a likes

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_{Kenneth R. Law, USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood.org}

_Kelly_Oten_{, North Carolina Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Daniel Herms, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org

Nathan Siegert, US Forest Service}