The US Department of Agriculture is issuing a warning about the Asian Longhorned Beetle, an invasive insect that poses a serious danger to Vermont's maple trees, among others.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is urging people across the Northeast to be on the lookout for the Asian longhorned beetle, a nonnative pest that threatens maple trees and other species of hardwood.

Two insect pests with a voracious appetite for hardwood trees have been found near Vermont's borders. The Asian Long Horned Beetle and the Emerald Ash Borer are invasive species. And both bugs have the potential to devastate New England forests.

State and federal officials hope to control the spread of two forest insect pests by banning out-of-state firewood at campgrounds.