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EAB Awareness Week


Biocontrol Staff Are Modern-Day MacGyvers in the Fight Against Invasive Beetle

May 23, 2016 Sharon Lucik, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

Emerald ash borer (EAB) beetle is an invasive wood boring beetle, first detected in July 2002 in southeastern Michigan. The pest attacks and kills ash trees and it is responsible for the death and decline of tens of millions of ash in 25 states. EAB lives under the bark and when people move EAB...

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Spot the Purple Trap for EAB Awareness Week May 20-26

May 21, 2012 Joelle Hayden, APHIS Public Affairs, Riverdale, MD

This is Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Awareness Week. Before the Memorial Day holiday and summer travel season begin, we take this time to remind everyone to be careful not to spread the EAB unintentionally. EAB is one of many “Hungry Pests” that can cause significant damage to our country’s natural...

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