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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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Pretty buprestid - Agrilus planipennis
Copyright © 2011 john and jane balaban

Pretty buprestid - Agrilus planipennis
Harms Flatwoods Forest Preserve, Glenview, Cook County, Illinois, USA
June 12, 2011
Size: ~10mm

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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 13 June, 2011 - 10:50am
Last updated 14 June, 2011 - 9:24am

Moved
Moved from Agrilus.
… Joshua P. Basham, 14 June, 2011 - 9:24am login or register to post comments

Pretty indeed; reminds me of A. planipennis...
...but this is by no means an actionable suggestion

Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 13 June, 2011 - 11:04am login or register to post comments

 
sure looks like A. planipennis to me as well
and I can't think of anything else that come close
… Phillip Harpootlian, 13 June, 2011 - 12:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh, that would be too bad
Somehow we thought the EAB was much smaller
… john and jane balaban, 13 June, 2011 - 11:25am login or register to post comments

 
Oh I hope it is not the emera
Oh I hope it is not the emerald ash borer
… Tom Bentley, 17 June, 2011 - 12:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Unfortunately, it is
We knew, of course, that they were present, and that there is little hope for all the local ash trees. They are releasing parasitic wasps locally, but we're guessing it is too late for most of the ashes.
… john and jane balaban, 17 June, 2011 - 2:10pm login or register to post comments

 
I was out in Harms Woods toda
I was out in Harms Woods today...will keep an eye out in the future. Doesn't sound good.
… Tom Bentley, 17 June, 2011 - 2:55pm login or register to post comments

 
for what it's worth, our guide page says, up to 14 mm
one monster of an Agrilus...
… v belov, 13 June, 2011 - 11:57am login or register to post comments

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