ASIAN LONG-HORNED BEETLE:

Devastation of our Worcester Trees

Lisa Nguyen

What are they? Insect pests that poses a serious threat to our environment, especially to our trees. They live and feed off trees, eventually killing them.

Where are they from and how did they

get here? ALB originate from China, Korea and Taiwan. They arrived in the U.S from infested wood packing materials such as pallets and crates aboard ships. First discovered in 1996, Brooklyn, NY.

Asian Long-Horned Beetle

What do Asian Long-Horned Beetles look like?

Adults Egg Larva, 3 stages Pupa

Discovery of ALB in Worcester 2008 by Donna Massie,

resident of Worcester, Grendale area.

Trees were examined and insecticides were sprayed to over 95,000 trees

Not entirely successful, 30,000 removed, many were destroyed as a precaution.

Ongoing Efforts in Worcester

Worcester.ma.gov for more information, report beetle sightings at 866-702-9938

How you can spot Long Horned Beetle Traps –

lures adults beetles Will we be free of the Asian

Long Horned Beetle? It took NJ and IL over 11 years to be free of ALB.

Works Cited “Asian longhorned beetle – Beetle Beware!” Department of Environmental Conservation, 2009.

Web. 26 July, 2013 <http://eco.umass.edu/news/asian-longhorned-beetle-beetle-beware/> “Worcester Spraying 95,000 Trees To Kill Asian Longhorn Beetles.” CBS Boston, 2011. Web. 26 July

2013 <http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/03/10/worcester-spraying-95000-trees-to-kill-asian-longhorn-beetles/>

“Asian longhorned beetle on move in Shrewsbury.” Worcester Telegram and Gazette, 2011. Web. 26 July, 2013. <http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:XDJlsx9eRsJ:www.telegram.com/article/20130410/NEWS/104109856/1101+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a>

“Steady progress in Asian longhorned beetle fight.” Worcester Telegram and Gazette, 2013. Web. 26 July 2013. <http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:L397vabQ5JUJ:www.telegram.com/article/20130509/NEWS/105099856/1116+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a> 

“Asian Long Horned Beetle: Questions and Answers.” APHIS: Plant Protection and Quarantine, 2007. Web. 26 July 2013 <http://www.worcesterma.gov/uploads/c8/a6/c8a66bf76970d316d69e723a69a78381/longhorlon-beetles-faqs.pdf> 

“Pest Alert.” United States Department of Agriculture, 2008. Web. 26 July, 2013. <http://www.worcesterma.gov/uploads/ad/e1/ade1011672ec065a64fefd8f14e367fd/alb-pest-alert.pdf> 

“Adult Trapping System.” United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, 2012. Web. 26 July 2013. http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/disturbance/invasive_species/alb/risk_detection_spread/adult_trapptra_system/