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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Agrilinae » Agrilini » Agrilus » Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis)
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Emerald Ash Borer? - Agrilus planipennis
Copyright © 2017 Michael Patrikeev

Emerald Ash Borer? - Agrilus planipennis
Blue Knob State Park, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 26, 2017
Size: < 20 mm (estimate)
Probably the EAB
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Contributed by Michael Patrikeev on 22 August, 2017 - 8:23am
Last updated 22 August, 2017 - 10:47am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 22 August, 2017 - 10:47am login or register to post comments

Yes, emerald ash borer (Agril
Yes, emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis). Now is about the time they would be active.
… Jason Hansen, 22 August, 2017 - 10:31am login or register to post comments

 
Meant to say end of June (whe
Meant to say end of June (when you took the image) is about the time they would be active.
… Jason Hansen, 22 August, 2017 - 11:09am login or register to post comments

 
The photo was taken in late J
The photo was taken in late June ... though perhaps they fly earlier in Pennsylvania.
… Michael Patrikeev, 22 August, 2017 - 10:38am login or register to post comments

 
Generally mid-June to mid-Jul
Generally mid-June to mid-July is peak time for EAB, with oviposition starting in early July. Of course this all changes according to degree day or how many warm days there have been.
… Jason Hansen, 23 August, 2017 - 11:33am login or register to post comments

ash borer
gets to only 14mm. are you sure about 22-25 for this specimen? It sure looks like one.
… Larry de March, 22 August, 2017 - 8:47am login or register to post comments

 
Wow that's a huge Agrilus xD
… Pleocoma, 23 August, 2017 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

 
Perhaps I overestimated the s
Perhaps I overestimated the size, and it could have been less than 20 mm. Although EAB's I've seen in Ontario were smaller, and this is why I was unsure.
… Michael Patrikeev, 22 August, 2017 - 10:21am login or register to post comments

 
never estimate sizes
it can lead to misidentifications. Please leave the 'size' field blank if the specimen was no accurately measured.
… Blaine Mathison, 23 August, 2017 - 6:25am login or register to post comments

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