December 13, 2010
Asian Longhorned Beetle Monitoring Workshop
Amanda Meisner, Forest Pest Outreach Coordinator for the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, gave a PowerPoint presentation about these invasive alien beetles that are a threat to suburban and forest trees wherever they appear. The beetles were accidentally brought to this country in the wood of pallets used for shipping. Recently an outbreak in Worcester forced the removal of thousands of trees throughout the city. We learned how to recognize beetle holes in vulnerable tree species (including maple, ash, elm, horse chestnut and birch), then went outside and used binoculars to look at the upper branches of trees where the beetles would most likely be found.
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