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Many states have been quarantined for EAB. Infested areas are quarantined to prevent the spread of the beetle and materials that could contain EAB. If you live in a quarantine area, do not move firewood — burn it where you buy it.
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Washington, D.C. (May 23, 2011) – May 22 to 28, 2011, is Emerald Ash Borer Beetle Awareness Week and the public is being asked to not move firewood as part of the campaign.
Federal and state agencies are fighting to protect the nation’s ash trees from the EAB, a small but destructive beetle that has killed tens of millions of these trees since being detected in 2002 in Michigan. Typically, the EAB does not travel far on its own; it’s known as a hitchhiker catching rides in cut wood.
Washington, D.C. - May 23 to 29, 2010, has been designated Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Beetle Awareness Week and the public is being asked not to move firewood.
Federal and State agencies are waging war against the EAB, a small but destructive beetle that already has killed tens of millions of ash trees since being detected in 2002. Typically EAB does not travel far on its own, but it can live in cut wood and it has spread across 14 states, because people have moved EAB-infested firewood.
- It attacks only ash trees (Fraxinus spp.).
- Adult Beetles are metallic green and about 1/2-inch long, and this small size makes them difficult to spot.
- Adults leave a D-shaped exit hole in the bark when they emerge in spring.
- Woodpeckers like EAB larvae; heavy woodpecker damage on ash trees may be a sign of infestation.
