Drawing the Battle Lines Against the Asian Long-Horned Beetle

From 2007



This week

Once Considered Won, Battle Against Invasive Beetles Is Renewed.  (The New York Times, 9/29/2014)

Next stop, the Hamptons.

Indeed, Mr. Crimi’s discovery alerted officials that the beetle had migrated to a new part of Long Island and had spread to hundreds of trees. Instead of declaring the bug “eradicated” as planned, they doubled to 50 square miles the amount of land labeled quarantined where trees would have to be inspected. 

The United States Department of Agriculture and the state’s Agriculture Department have boosted staffing to 119 people to track, kill and eradicate the beetle from its remaining strongholds in Brooklyn, in Queens and on Long Island.

Additional information.

United States Department of Agriculture.  Asian long-horned beetle.

United States Department of Agriculture.  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.  Asian long-horned beetle:  Questions and answers.

Ohio Department of Agriculture.    Discovered in Clermont County in June 2011.