1. AND ITS IMPACTS EMERALD ASH BORER

2. WHAT DOES AN ASH TREE LOOK LIKE? White Ash’s Fall ColorGreen Ash’s Fall Color

3. DISCOVERY IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY Emerald Ash Borer Larvae discovered in August 2012 in Wyandotte County. It will eventually kill all untreated ash trees. EAB Larva

4. ANNUAL STAGES OF EMERALD ASH BORER Eggs laid by beetle in bark: May-August Larvae tunnel and feed on tree under bark in summer and destroy vascular system. Larvae over winter Pupate in Spring. Adult EAB Beetle Emerges: May-July

5. EXPANSION OF EMERALD ASH BORER Movement naturally by Adult Beetle. Moved by man with firewood. EAB Adult Beetle

6. ASH TREE IDENTIFICATION Seeds on Female Trees are paddle shaped Mature Bark has diamond shaped ridges Leaves are compound from 5-11 leaflets Opposite Branch Arrangement

7. SYMPTOM: TREE CANOPY DIE BACK Healthy Ash Tree Canopy Begins in top 1/3 of tree and progresses until the whole ash tree is bare

8. SYMPTOM: EPICORMIC SHOOTS EMERGE Sprouts grow from roots & trunk Suckers grow on trunk and branches below EAB activity.

9. SYMPTOM: BARK SPLITTING OCCURS Vertical splitting on barkGalleries exposed under bark split

10. SYMPTOM: SERPENTINE GALLERIES AND D-SHAPED EXIT HOLES Galleries weave back & forth across wood grain Adult beetle forms D-Shaped holes (only 1/8” hole) upon emergence from ash tree. This is difficult to detect.

11. SYMPTOM: INCREASED WOODPECKER ACTIVITY Several woodpeckers feed on the EAB larvae and pupae Damage to bark and larger holes created when extracting larvae/pupae

12. WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS? Options for Ash are to: 1.Do nothing. 2.Leave in wooded areas. 3.Chemically treat. 4.Cut & replant. 5.Cut & no replanting. A dying green ash tree along a street.