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Update on the Asian long-horned beetle in Chicago
As of August 7th, eight square miles of Chicago have been put under quarantine. According to a Forest Service State and Private Forestry report this original infestation is located in the Ravenswood neighborhood of Chicago.
Surveys continue in the Chicago area with plans to remove, chip and burn all infested trees between December 1998 and May 1999. Updates on this situation can be found at a State and Private Forestry website at http://willow.ncfes.umn.edu/asianbeetle/beetle.htm |
As
reported in the last issue, the Asian long-horned beetle was discovered
in Chicago in July. It is thought to have arrived in wood crating and pallets
with Chinese imports. This beetle poses a threat to urban and rural forests.
Healthy as well as declining maples, horse chestnuts, poplars, willows,
elm, mulberry and black locust trees have been reported infested in a New
York infestation.
The
beetles have now been found in two additional locations; near Addison in
Bloomingdale Township, in unincorporated DuPage County and in the town
of Summit in suburban Cook County. They are thought be the result of three
separate introductions rather than a spread from one infestation to the
others.