AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine Forest Service insect experts say bark-peeling workshops aimed at finding evidence of tree-killing bugs found no evidence of the insects.
Using a method reminiscent of an old-fashioned husking bee, entomologists held two bark-peeling workshops that concluded this week. They looked for evidence of the emerald ash borer, an invasive insect threatening Maine’s forests.
The results were just what entomologists were hoping for: no sign of the borers.
The emerald ash borer has killed millions of ash trees across the nation and threatens all of those in Maine, from backyard shade trees to stands of white, green and black ash in the forests.
Maine state entomologist Dave Struble says ash borers are is established just outside the borders of New England and are knocking at Maine’s door.
” The emerald ash borer has killed millions of ash trees across the nation
and threatens all of those in Maine, from backyard shade trees to
stands of white, green and black ash in the forests.”
So is the brown ash safe?
Im not sure what these borers look like, but this fall while i was splitting my ash firewood there were big white grubs. I live in Charleston and have been doing my firewood for years and have never seen these before. I have alot of brown ash is this what they are drawn to??