Emerald Ash Borer : A Threat to Kansas’ Ash Trees For more information go to: www.emeraldashborer.info If you suspect you have an infested ash with symptoms: Call the Kansas Department of Agriculture at (785) 862-2180 S-shaped galleries larvae D-shaped exit hole First discovered in Michigan in 2002. This pest has now spread into Ohio (2003), Indiana (2004), Illinois, Maryland (2006), Pennsylvania, West Virginia (2007), Missouri, Virginia, Wisconsin (2008), Kentucky, Minnesota, New York (2009), Iowa, Tennessee (2010), Connecticut, Kansas and Massachusetts (2012). Firewood and nursery stock have the greatest impact for moving this pest long distances. Quarantines are in place in the infested states. Bright, slender metallic green, ½ inch long (about the size of Lincoln on a penny)