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{{Taxobox_begin | color = pink | name = Emerald ash borer}} |
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{{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Emerald ash beetle.jpg|220px]] | caption = Emerald Ash Borer}} |
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{{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}} |
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{{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Arthropod]]a}} |
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{{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Insect]]a}} |
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{{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Beetle|Coleoptera]]}} |
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{{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Buprestidae]]}} |
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{{Taxobox_genus_entry | taxon = [[Agrilus]]}} |
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{{Taxobox species entry | taxon = '''''A. planipennis''''' }} |
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{{Taxobox_section_binomial | color = pink | binomial_name = Agrilus planipennis| author = [[Leon Fairmaire|Fairmaire]] | date = 1888}} |
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The '''Emerald ash borer''' (''Agrilus planipennis'' or ''Agrilus marcopoli'') is a shiny green [[beetle]] and an [[invasive species]] known for killing [[ash tree]]s in the [[United States]]. Its natural range is eastern Russia, northern China, Japan, and Korea. It was accidentally imported to North America from [[China]] in the [[1990s]] and has since destroyed more than six million [[ash tree]]s in southeastern [[Michigan]]. It was discovered in June 2002 near [[Detroit]]. It has since been found in a few other parts of the U.S. and [[Canada]]. Ohio and Ontario have seen emerald ash borer migration from Michigan while Maryland and Virginia received shipments of contaminated trees from a Michigan nursery. |
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[[Image:Green ash killed by Emerald Ash Borer.jpg|thumb|left|This [[Green Ash]] was killed by an emerald ash borer.]] |
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The [[United States Department of Agriculture|U.S. Department of Agriculture]] is attempting to exterminate all of these beetles on the continent, and has taken the unusual measure of destroying every ash tree within a half-mile (800 m) radius of known infested trees. Southeastern Michigan is a quarantine zone from which ash trees or even firewood cannot be removed. Large fines have been imposed on a few companies that violated the ban, including one that was removing ash trees from southeast Michigan and is believed to be responsible for spreading the beetle to another county. The USDA has committed at least $40 million dollars for eradiction in 2004 and expects to spend over $350 million in the next twelve years. |
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The insect is unusually difficult to kill. More than seven billion ash trees are currently at risk. Nearly 114 million board feet (33,000 m³) of ash saw timber with a value of $25.1 billion is grown in the eastern United States each year. |
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Michigan officials announced [[September 14]], [[2005]] that ash borer infestation had crossed the [[Mackinac Strait]] and was now in the [[Upper Peninsula]] for the first time. [[Wisconsin]] environmental officials considered it a grave threat and began preparations for surveys in northern counties. |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.emeraldashborer.info/ Michigan's Ash Borer website] |
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* [http://na.fs.fed.us/fhp/eab/ Emerald Ash Borer] - a page from the [[USDA]] full of interesting [[public domain]] pictures of the beetle |
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* [http://www.semircd.org/ash Southeast Michigan Resource Conservation & Development Council] - Ash Utilization Options Project - developing value-added products from EAB-impacted ash trees |
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[[Category:Invasive species]] |
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[[Category:Beetles]] |
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Revision as of 18:50, 19 March 2006
