Emerald Ash Borer: Knocking on Maine’s Door
The size of a pine nut with grass-blade wings and a disco shimmer, the elusive emerald ash borer (EAB) doesn鈥檛 look capable of destroying one tree, let alone upward of 150 million. But this comely green killer is poised to attack Maine鈥檚 ash population, having already decimated trees the Midwest while moving rapidly east.聽EAB is literally at Maine鈥檚 front door. The nearest confirmed 鈥渇inds鈥 place the insect 30 miles from Maine鈥檚 western border in both Quebec and Concord, NH with the Asian native predicted to arrive sometime within the next two years. Because the insect is hard to see and its larvae hidden, researchers say EAB may have already begun its Maine invasion.