(11/17/2014) The Cooperative Emerald Ash Borer Research Project compiles survey results and regularly updates distribution maps of eab infestations. Latest Emerald Ash Borer distribution map. Map: EDDMapS. The beetle is invasive in North America where it has a core population in Michigan and surrounding states and provinces. The emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), was discovered as the cause of extensive ash tree (Fraxinus spp.) EAB infests and kills weak and healthy ash trees alike, and all species of ash native to North America are vulnerable to EAB attack. The map below is the EDDMapS (Early Detection & Distribution Mapping System) Ontario distribution map for the emerald ash borer as of May 2018. Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) is an exotic, invasive, wood-boring insect that infests and kills native North American ash trees, both in forests and landscape plantings. It is now found in 14 other states and two Canadian provinces, and the infested range is expanding rapidly. Map credit: David Saeger, CAPS Figure 1. Negative - Subject was not present at time of report.. This species is Locally Distributed across its range in the United States. were applied.. Eradicated - Subject was present previously but is not at time of survey and has been determined to be removed from the area surveyed. decline and mortality throughout southeastern Michigan in June 2002. (3/2019) Spotted Lanternfly found in Massachusetts. … Evidence suggests that A. planipennis first entered Michigan from China in the 1990s, presumably from solid wood packing materials … mechanical, chemical, etc.) Potential distribution of emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) in North America in red, based on niche modeling by Daniel A. Kluza and Eduard Jendek (used with permission); present known distribution in green. 2018. The emerald ash borer (or EAB), a native of Asia, is a half inch long dark metallic green beetle. Take our online survey. Populations are more scattered outside the core area, and the edges of its known distribution range north to Ontario, … The entire state of North Carolina is now under quarantine for the emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire) meaning ash and firewood can move freely among other states with emerald ash borer quarantines as long as county quarantines for … (12/2015) Seeing Winter Moths? Fraxinus americana A distribution map of white ash. Emerald ash borer (EAB) is an invasive forest insect from Asia responsible for the deaths of millions of ash trees throughout the eastern half of the U. S. and southeastern Canada. With EAB now in several areas of the Show-Me State - and its ability to hitchhike on firewood - the probability of it spreading to noninfected areas in the state is high. Positive - Subject was present at time of report.. (12/2015) A statewide quarantine for Emerald Ash Borer is now in effect. The most current map (updated monthly) is available at the Emerald Ash Borer Information website. Distribution Maps Species Information Tools & Training My EDDMapS About emerald ash borer Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, 1888 . Ash Tree Species Distribution Maps. Distribution of four species of ash trees in Florida. States Counties Points List Species Info. Emerald Ash Borer . (12/2015) New Spotted Lanternfly fact page. Distribution. Map 2. (2/2019) Emerald Ash Borer found in Worcester, MA. Source: USGS map based on Atlas of Unites States Trees by Elbert L. Little, Jr. Fraxinus nigra A distribution map of black ash. The native range of the emerald ash borer is temperate north-eastern Asia, which includes Russia, Mongolia, northern China, Japan, and Korea.. Treated - Subject was present at time of report and control efforts (e.g. Emerald ash borer attacks and kills healthy ash trees from ones several inches in diameter to mature trees. As of June 2009, eab has been found at many sites throughout Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, Ohio, Indiana, and Ontario, Canada. It was first detected near Detroit, Michigan and likely was introduced in the 1990s. Map 1. The insect kills ash trees within three to five years after they become infested. Early Detection & Distribution Mapping System.