Alert: Report sightings of Asian Long-horned Beetle to Maine
Forestry Division: 207-287-3891
Posted on: December 20, 2019 - 12:08pm
Asian longhorned beetle (ALB),Anoplophora glabripennis
The Asian longhorned beetle (ALB), Anoplophora glabripennis, is a woodboring beetle native to China. ALB develops and reproduces within healthy and stressed deciduous hardwood trees, such as maple, birch, horsechestnut, poplar, willow, elm, and ash. Attacked trees will eventually die.
Currently, the Asian longhorned beetle is known to be in Massachusetts, New York, and Ohio, where quarantines are in place to reduce its spread. It was rediscovered in Toronto, Canada in 2013.