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Category Archives: Asian Longhorned Beetle
Arborjet armed & ready for Asian longhorned beetle
With the recent discovery of the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) in Boston, city officials are weighing options to figure out the best and most cost effective way to rid the city of the invasive pest.
Arborjet Methodology
Arborjet, a Massachusetts based company, has spent 5 years re-engineering a fifty year old tree-injection technology to make it suitable for 21st [...]
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Asian Longhorned Beetle Found in Boston
The Asian Longhorned Beetle, an invasive insect which forced the city of Worcester, MA to remove 27,000 trees in 2008, has now been spotted in the state’s capital, Boston. The tree-killing insect was found on six trees on the grounds of Faulkner Hospital in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood. The six infested red maples were removed [...]
Trees injected in efforts to stop beetles
Article from MyFoxBoston.com
WORCESTER, Mass. – Officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture are in Worcester today, treating trees with an insecticide intended to counter the Asian longhorned beetle.
The pesticide is expected to keep tens of thousands of hardwood trees from coming down.
The two-month treatment effort is being used on healthy trees to keep them safe [...]
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Asian Longhorned Beetle – GWLT in Worcester
The Greater Worcester Land Trust has been holding Asian Longhorned Beetle hunts to train volunteers to look for signs of the beetle infestation in the Worcester area.
You can help them survey for the Asian Longhorned Beetle on conservation land around Worcester. For more information, Contact Anne at 508-795-3838 or ann@gwlt.org.
Surveying for the ALB is an [...]
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Arborjet Helps USDA Fight Asian Longhorned Beetle
In the spring of 2010, The USDA plans to treat thousands of trees in the Worcester area using Arborjet tree injections. Chemicals will be injected directly into trees to protect them from Asian Longhorned Beetle.
Since August 2008, when this invasive pest was first discovered in Worcester, the USDA has worked hard to reduce the Asian [...]
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Asian Longhorned Beetle spotted in West Boylston, MA
Summary of News Release from the USDA:
Yet another sign of Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) has been found in Massachusetts, this time in the city of West Boylston. On Oct. 13, The U.S. Department of Agricultures’ Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced the discovery of 18 additional trees infested with Asian longhorned beetle. In [...]
Asian Longhorned Beetle Treatment
The Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB), Anoplophora glabripennis is an invasive pest found in trees. Asian Longhorned Beetle grows and reproduces in deciduous hardwood trees like maple, ash, elm, birch, poplar, and willow. ALB will eventually kill the infested host tree. The ALB was accidentally imported into the United States inside the hardwood crates and pallets [...]