Exotic Longhorned Beetles

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, Ohio, and South Carolina. where quarantines are in place to reduce its spread.

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Citrus longhorned beetle (CLB), Anoplophora chinensis

The Citrus longhorned beetle (CLB), Anoplophora chinensis, is a woodboring beetle native to parts of Asia. CLB develops and reproduces within healthy and stressed deciduous hardwood trees, such as maple, horsechestnut, poplar, willow, elm, apple, and oak. Attacked trees will eventually die.

Currently, the citrus longhorned beetle is not known to be established in the United States. It has been intercepted at ports in infested plant material, and was known to escape a nursery in Washington. Quarantines and extensive eradication measures were used to prevent establishment and spread.