The Do-It-Yourself Way To Protect Your Ash Trees from Emerald
Ash Borer Research Triangle Park, N.C. — It’s amazing how one
insect, smaller than a penny, can cause cities, property owners,
nursery operators and the forest industry millions of dollars.
But that’s exactly what the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) has done as
it moves across the United States. According to
www.EmeraldAshBorer.info, the pest killed tens of millions of
ash trees in southeastern Michigan alone, with tens of millions
more lost in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota,
Missouri, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quebec,
Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin. In many of these states
and surrounding areas, quarantines and fines have been
instituted to prevent potentially infested ash trees or firewood
from moving out of areas where EAB has been discovered. Many
cities are also chopping down ash trees. The Emerald Ash Borer
begins emerging in mid to late May, with peak emergence in late
June. Females start laying eggs shortly aft