Asian Longhorned Beetle

“The Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) is active from now through Labor Day. DEC and the NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets are asking New Yorkers to check their pool filters for ALB! Keep an eye on your pool and your trees to prevent the spread of ALB:

🪲 ALB is an invasive wood-boring insect that feeds on trees, attacking and killing hardwood species including maple, birch, poplar, and willow.

🪲 Beetles emerge from infested trees in the late summer to find a new host tree. The beetles are 1.5 inches long, have long black-and-white antennae, and have black and white spots on their body.

🪲 Be sure not to confuse ALB with the native white-spotted pine sawyer, which has a distinctive white spot between their wing covers (elytra), below their head.

No pool? You can still help! Be on the lookout for ALB exit holes, sawdust accumulating at the base of trees, oozing sap, or pits in bark.”

Shared from NYSDEC