Alert: Report sightings of Asian Long-horned Beetle to Maine

Forestry Division: 207-287-3891
Asian, Long-Horned Beetle

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.

Adult beetles would be seen from mid-July to October in Maine. If you think you have seen the beetle during that timeframe, please report it to the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry...Online, or call: 207-287-3891.