The emerald ash borer (EAB) is an invasive wood boring beetle that is responsible for the death and removal of millions of North American native ash trees and more are at risk as it continues to disperse on its own or unknowingly in infested material like firewood and nursery stock.

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EMERALD ASH BORERColeoptera: Buprestidae

EMERALD ASH BORERGREEN LOOK-ALIKES

SIGNIFICANT AGRILUS SPECIES

sweat bee

sharpshooterleafhopper

emerald ash borer

trogossitid beetle

six-spotted tiger beetle

dogbane beetle

St. John’s wort leaf beetle

common green bottle fly

green stink bug

green June beetle

Japanese beetle

INVASIVE

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native species

exotic species

A. planipennisemerald ash borer

A. bilineatustwolined chestnut borer

A. anxiusbronze birch borer

A. auroguttatusgoldspotted oak borer

A. biguttatusoak splendor beetle

native AZinvasive CA

Metallic Wood Boring Beet les

Agrilus planipennis