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Long Horn Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis)
Status: Invasive.
Native to: Asia.
Effects: This beetle is known to attack and kill at least
18 species of hardwood trees including maple, birch,
horse chestnut and elm.
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Distinctive features: The adult Long Horn beetle is
over an inch in length, and is coal black in color with
yellow or white spots. It also has distinctively long
antennae with white bands. The female long horn beetle
bores holes into the tree’s inner layers to lay her eggs,
sealing the hole with digested sawdust called “frass”.
When the eggs hatch, the larvae feed off of the tree’s
nutrients until they are in the pupal stage. The pupae
then chew their way out of the tree leaving
characteristic, circular exit holes.
Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar)
Status: Invasive
Native to: Europe and Asia
Effects: Gypsy Moths defoliate the trees they infest.
This removal of leaves weakens trees, leaving them
more susceptible to disease. It can even kill trees if
the same tree is infested repeatedly over several
years. In the US, Gypsy moths defoliate over 1 million
acres of forest a year.
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Distinctive features: Male gypsy moths are brown with
a darker brown pattern on their wings. Females are
slightly larger and nearly white, with a few dark
markings on their wings. Newly hatched caterpillars are
black and hairy, later developing a yellow to gray
pattern with tufts of bristle-like hairs and subsequent
rows of blue and red spots on their back.