NYSDEC INVASIVE NEWS! ASIAN LONGHORNED BEETLE

Time to check your pool filters for the ASIAN LONGHORNED BEETLE--Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) is active from now through Labor Day. DEC asks pool owners to check filters for the invasive insect regularly, and submit a report if any are found.

ALB attacks and kills maples, birches, willows, and other hardwoods. They emerge from infested trees in the late summer to find a new host. The beetles are 1.5 inches long, have long black-and-white antennae, and have black and white spots on their body.

They should not be confused with the native white-spotted pine sawyer, which has a distinctive white spot on their back, below their head.

No pool? You can still help! Be on the lookout for ALB exit holes, sawdust accumulating at the base of trees, oozing sap, or pits in bark.

If found: 

Submit a report online at agriculture.ny.gov/reportALB; Email photos and location information (GPS coordinates preferred) to asianlonghornedbeetle@agriculture.ny.gov;

 
Call the ALB hotline at 866-702-9938; or Submit a report to NY iMapInvasives.