asian longhorn beetle

Agriculture Officials Warn About Asian Longhorned Beetle

By Mitch Wertlieb, Amy Kolb Noyes | July 31, 2012

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.

Vt. pushing search for Asian beetle and ash pest

By VPR | August 12, 2009

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.

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Volunteers on look out for invasive beetles

By John Dillon | July 14, 2009

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.

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Officials ban out-of-state firewood

By John Dillon | July 6, 2009

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