{"id":3790,"date":"2014-08-04T09:57:04","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T13:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=3790"},"modified":"2014-08-04T11:42:25","modified_gmt":"2014-08-04T15:42:25","slug":"keep-your-eyes-peeled-for-this-pest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/keep-your-eyes-peeled-for-this-pest\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep Your Eyes Peeled for this Pest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.massaudubon.org\/learn\/nature-wildlife\/quick-guides\/asian-longhorned-beetle\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3801\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/07\/ALB-403W.png\" alt=\"Quick Guide to Asian Longhorned Beetles\" width=\"264\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/07\/ALB-403W.png 403w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/07\/ALB-403W-129x300.png 129w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><\/a>The non-native Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) is a serious threat to our maples and many other hardwood trees. The larvae dig deep into the heartwood; infected trees cannot be saved. Tens of thousands of trees have already been lost in the northern and central US.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, it&#8217;s such a severe threat that the USDA has designated the beetle&#8217;s most active month<span class=\"st\">\u2014<\/span>August<span class=\"st\">\u2014<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/asianlonghornedbeetle.com\/get-involved\/tree-check\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tree Check Month.<\/a> With early detection, infestations can be stopped in their tracks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>How to Identify<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;\">The ALB infests hardwood trees, such as maple, birch, horse chestnut, poplar, willow, elm, and ash. Signs of an infestation include:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #333333;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">Perfectly round, dime-sized (approximately 3\/8 of an inch or 1 cm in diameter) holes with smooth edges left by adult beetles exiting a tree<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">Shallow oval scars in the bark\u00a0(1\/2-3\/4 of an inch, or 1.3-2 cm wide) where the eggs are deposited.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">Sawdust-like material on the ground around the trunk or on tree limbs<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">The beetle itself. The mature ALB is shiny black with white spots, measures 3\/4 to 1 1\/2 inches (2-4 cm) in length, and has two antennae up to four inches (10 cm) long. There are several lookalikes; to help, the USDA complied a\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: 600; font-style: inherit; color: #819303;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aphis.usda.gov\/publications\/plant_health\/content\/printable_version\/alb_look_alikes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">look-a-likes chart<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Learn more<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.massaudubon.org\/learn\/nature-wildlife\/insects-arachnids\/asian-longhorned-beetles\" target=\"_blank\">primer<\/a> on this species, explore <a href=\"http:\/\/asianlonghornedbeetle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">AsianLonghornedBeetle.com<\/a>, and share our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.massaudubon.org\/learn\/nature-wildlife\/quick-guides\/asian-longhorned-beetle\" target=\"_blank\">Quick Guide<\/a> to help us\u00a0spot and stop it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The non-native Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) is a serious threat to our maples and many other hardwood trees. The larvae dig deep into the heartwood; infected trees cannot be saved. Tens of thousands of trees have already been lost in the northern and central US. In fact, it&#8217;s such a severe threat that the USDA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11],"tags":[133],"class_list":["post-3790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nature-notes","tag-insects"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-Z8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2632,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/have-you-seen-this-beetle\/","url_meta":{"origin":3790,"position":0},"title":"Have You Seen This Beetle?","author":"Rosemary","date":"August 5, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"There\u2019s a dangerous insect on the loose. 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