emerald ash borer
noun
: a metallic-green Asian beetle (Agrilus planipennis) accidentally introduced into the U.S. and having a destructive larva that bores into the wood of ash trees
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Hundreds of ash have toppled over in these woods because of the emerald ash borer.
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Daryln Brewer Hoffstot Kristian Thacker, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2024
And other threats, like Dutch elm disease and the emerald ash borer, also plague the forests.
—Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
Murphy Westwood, vice president of science and conservation at the Morton Arboretum, looks for signs of the emerald ash borer beetle on an endangered blue ash tree at the arboretum on Aug. 25, 2022, in Lisle.
—Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022
The biochar — which the city produces from trees blown down in storms or damaged by the emerald ash borer beetle — traps carbon, conserves water and improves the soil.
—Glenn Gamboa, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2023
The emerald ash borer is a wood-boring beetle native to Asia.
—Dallas News, 11 Aug. 2022
McNee said one of the main ways emerald ash borer spreads is on firewood.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2023
One way to prevent emerald ash borer spread is to use buy and burn firewood locally.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 5 June 2023
The emerald ash borer, radiant and misplaced, has killed all the ash, so what to do but fell it and watch its bark fall off like meat from the bone.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 3 May 2023
Daryln Brewer Hoffstot Kristian Thacker, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2024
And other threats, like Dutch elm disease and the emerald ash borer, also plague the forests.
—Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
Murphy Westwood, vice president of science and conservation at the Morton Arboretum, looks for signs of the emerald ash borer beetle on an endangered blue ash tree at the arboretum on Aug. 25, 2022, in Lisle.
—Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022
The biochar — which the city produces from trees blown down in storms or damaged by the emerald ash borer beetle — traps carbon, conserves water and improves the soil.
—Glenn Gamboa, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2023
The emerald ash borer is a wood-boring beetle native to Asia.
—Dallas News, 11 Aug. 2022
McNee said one of the main ways emerald ash borer spreads is on firewood.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2023
One way to prevent emerald ash borer spread is to use buy and burn firewood locally.
—Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 5 June 2023
The emerald ash borer, radiant and misplaced, has killed all the ash, so what to do but fell it and watch its bark fall off like meat from the bone.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 3 May 2023
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