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Beetle Busters


Help USDA Fight Hungry Pests: Keep an Eye Out for Asian Longhorned Beetle

August 01, 2012 Rebecca Blue, USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

Throughout August, a little-known beetle may emerge from the trees in your community. You might see its long black and white antennae inching out from a dime-shaped hole in your favorite tree. The pest, named the Asian longhorned beetle, kills trees from the inside out. It attacks 13 types of...

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USDA Tree Climber Finishes 12th in World Competition

October 07, 2011 Bear LeVangie, APHIS Asian Longhorned Beetle Eradication Program, Worcester, Mass.

Does your job relate to the activities you enjoy in your personal life? Mine does. In fact, no matter what challenges I’ve faced over the years, I’ve been able to stay sane because I am doing what I love to do, and I keep a positive mental attitude.

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Free Kit Helps Educators Empower Students to Become ‘Beetle Busters’

April 07, 2011 Christine Markham, National ALB Eradication Program Director, Raleigh, NC

A free curriculum available online can help educators teach students how to spot the invasive Asian longhorned beetle. Infestations of the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) have been initially reported by alert members of communities in New York, New Jersey, Illinois, and Massachusetts. As summer...

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Smokejumpers as “Beetle Busters”

January 12, 2011 Jennifer Jones, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Forest Service, Fire and Aviation Management

While many USDA Forest Service employees spend their summers working as Smokejumpers fighting wildfires in the west, they in turn spend their falls in the east working as Beetle Busters, helping the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) combat the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB).

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