This is a close up shot of the damage that the emerald ash borer does to ash trees, and eventually kills them. Ziggy1/Getty Images/iStockphoto By Scott Nunn | Updated June 5, 2024 12:28 p.m.

Since 2002, emerald ash borers have killed anywhere from 80% to 99% of mature ash in Southeast Michigan and Northeast Ohio. The death toll: tens of millions of trees.

Green and white ash trees are the two most common ash species and their range covers most of the Eastern United States and Canada. Other significant ash trees to cover significant ranges are black ...

White ash trees at Hines Park on Wednesday, ... The invasive pest, native to Asia, was first discovered in the U.S. in 2002 in Michigan and has been migrating toward Texas since then.

Others, like Koch, are raising emerald ash borer eggs directly on the bark of young trees. And Dr. Richard Sniezko, a leading tree resistance breeder, infects pine saplings with white pine blister ...

Lettow said some trees are not expected to be resilient to climate changes in Southwest Michigan, such as American beech, Eastern hemlock, yellow birch, and even white pine – the state tree.

The white ash, as well as less common varieties of ash found in the Catskills, are being attacked by the emerald ash borer. The vividly colored insect was first discovered near Detroit in 2002 ...

A “very serious and destructive” invasive insect first found in the state in 2013 has been identified and confirmed in Lakewood, according to a release by the city Thursday.

First detected in Michigan in 2002, the emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) attacks all native species of ash trees, ... are creamy white and range from 1 to 1.5 inches in length.

Ash trees come in three different varieties: white, black and green. At least before the introduction of the emerald ash borer, they made up around 6% of trees in New Hampshire.