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Annual cold snaps have kept some invasive tree pests in check, but outbreaks could become more common with warming ...
BRATTLEBORO — When Robert Clements first moved to Vermont more than 50 years ago, he didn't know an ash tree from a hole in the ground. But in the dead of winter, he quickly learned ash splits easily ...
Natural selection is acting upon thousands of locations within the ash tree DNA, driving the evolution of resistance as the ...
Salem crews will soon begin injecting city-owned ash trees with an insecticide to protect them from the emerald ash borer.
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Dead ash trees are seen at Buttercup Farm Audubon Sanctuary on June 4. Since 2009, the vast majority of white, black and green ash trees have been wiped out by an invasive pest.
Adult emerald ash borers are metallic green with a coppery red or purple abdomen and are about 1/2 inch in length. Larvae are cream-colored with brown heads, flat, and segmented.
One of the biggest threats is the emerald ash borer, a small green beetle that lays eggs and feeds on the bark of ash trees. So how can you spot them on your trees?
However, EABs also attack white fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus), but not to the extent they affect ash trees. In South Carolina, the life cycle of an EAB is one year.