Asian Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis)

News:

Asian Longhorned Beetle Quarantines Lifted in Chicago Neighborhoods

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Quarantines have been lifted for the Asian Longhorned Beetle in Ravenswood and other areas in Chicago.  Homeowners will no longer be required to chip all wood from hardwood tree pruning and removals.

$80 Billion in trade between US and European Union affected by Asian Longhorn Beetle and Pine Wood Nematode

Reuters has a brief article on new U.N. wood packing standards that will require debarked wood packing material entering the European Union, starting March 1st, to be heat treated or fumigated in order to prevent the spread of wood boring insects and other organisms such as the Asian Longhorned Beetle and Pine Wood Nematode. The U.S. government wants a year delay for the new standard and estimates that over $80 billion in trade with the European Union with be affected.

Carteret/Woodbridge New Jersey ALB Infestation is Unique

The Newark Star Ledger has reported that based on a DNA test,researchers at Cornell University determined the Asian Longhorned Beetle infestation in the Carteret, NJ area to be a separate introduction and not the result of beetles spreading from infestations in New York, NY and Jersey City, NJ.

Links:

• Asian Longhorned Beetle - US Forest Service, St. Paul Field Office
  This Forest Service site links to information on infestations as well as general information and publications on the Asian Longhorned Beetle.
• Asian Longhorned Beetle - UVM Entomology Research
  A comprehensive and frequently updated site on the Asian Longhorn Beetle, an exotic pest of many species of hardwood (deciduous) trees in North America. Current efforts are to quarantine and eradicate Asian Longhorn Beetle in three areas of known infestation and to prevent further introductions of this potentially devastating pest.
• New Jersey Department of Agriculture - ALB Page
  Information on the ongoing efforts to eradicate the Asian Longhorned beetle in New Jersey. This page includes weekly updates, quarantine maps and press releases.