EAB locations in Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

As of September 1, 2016
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Changes/additions included since the August 1, 2016 map are as follows: Initial state detection in: New Castle County, DE. The addition of initial county detections in: Randolph County, AR; Franklin County, IL; DeKalb and Franklin Counties, MO; and Sawyer County, WI. Added to the list of counties quarantined by their state: Sawyer County, WI.

 

State Maps

Arkansas

• EAB locations in North America
  (USDA/APHIS)

Colorado

• Colorado Department of Agriculture EAB website

Connecticut

• Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection EAB website

Georgia

• Georgia Quarantine FAQ

Illinois

• Interactive county quarantine and infestation map
  (Illinois Department of Agriculture)

Indiana

• Quarantined townships and counties map
  (Purdue Extension)
• Interactive quarantine map
  (Indiana DNR)

Iowa

• Press Release - Quarantine of all firewood in Allamakee County
  (Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship)
• Iowa Emerald Ash Borer Laws and Quarantines
  (Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship)

Kansas

• Quarantine information
  (Kansas Department of Agriculture)

Kentucky

• Delimiting survey maps
  (University of Kentucky)

Maryland

• Delimiting survey maps
  (Maryland Department of Agriculture)

Massachusetts

• Initial press release
  (Massachusetts Introduced Pests Outreach Project)

Michigan

• Michigan quarantined counties map
• Quarantine Revision (January 7, 2014)

Minnesota

• Interactive quarantine map
  (Minnesota Department of Agriculture)

Missouri

• State and federal quarantine map
  (University of Missouri Extension)

New Hampshire

• NHBugs.org
  (Multi-agency program in New Hampshire)

New York

• Interactive quarantine map
  (New York Invasive Species Clearinghouse)

North Carolina

• Geospatially referenced quarantine map
  Directions
  (North Carolina Forest Service)

Ohio

• State and county level infestation and quarantine maps
  (Ohio Department of Agriculture)

Pennsylvania

• Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture - EAB Detection Map
• Due to a number of EAB detections in Pennsylvania and adjacent counties in neighboring states, in April of 2011 the internal state quarantine restricting the movement of ash within Pennsylvania was rescinded. THE FEDERAL QUARANTINE ON EAB AND EXTERNAL QUARANTINE ON FIREWOOD FROM OUTSIDE PENNSYLVANIA ARE STILL IN EFFECT.

Tennessee

• Quarantine Map
  (Tennessee Department of Agriculture)

Virginia

• Quarantine Map
  (Virginia Department of Forestry)

West Virginia

• Current EAB distribution in West Virginia

Wisconsin

• County quarantine map
  (Wisconsin Department of Agriculture)

Canada

• Canadian food inspection agency emerald ash borer page

Click on a state/province for more information.

Watch the spread of EAB in North America in our new timelines. Get a general sense of how EAB spread by state or take a more in depth look with our interactive map showing infestations by county.

The following contain useful information for homeowners:

• Emerald Ash Borer Identification Guide
  November 2008 - There are numerous photos of EAB and other insects that look similar to EAB, as well as side-by-side comparisons. This guide is a great companion piece to the other EAB identification tools you will find on this website.
• Emerald Ash Borer Impacts on American Indian Communities
  Emerald ash borer (EAB) infestation is a major concern for American Indian people. Many American Indian cultures and traditions rely on ash trees for the wood needed for making baskets, lacrosse sticks, pipe stems, flutes, and medicinal remedies. The ash tree is a central figure in some traditional and religious stories told by several American Indian tribes.
• Signs and Symptoms of the Emerald Ash Borer
  Updated December 2005 - Photos showing signs of emerald ash borer. Pros and cons of insecticide treatment options.
• Don't be Fooled by Emerald Ash Borer Look-Alikes!
  Distinguish between these beetles that could be confused with emerald ash borer.
• Unwanted: Emerald Ash Borer
  Poster showing the life cycle of eab, healthy and damaged ash trees, s-shaped galleries, etc.
• USDA Pest Alert newsletter - Spanish version
  USDA Forest Service overview of EAB.
• EAB screening aid for scientists and insect lovers
  Different Agrilus species.
• Native Borers and Emerald Ash Borer Look-Alikes
  February 2005 - Photos of insects that look like emerald ash borer
• Emerald Ash Borer Larval Screening Guide

• Emerald Ash Borer Invasion of North America: History, Biology, Ecology, Impacts, and Management
  FULL-TEXT | PDF

  • Annual Review of Entomology
    Vol. 59: 13-30 (Volume publication date January 2014)
    First published online as a Review in Advance on October 9, 2013
    DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-011613-162051

    Daniel A. Herms¹,* and Deborah G. McCullough^{2
    1}Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio 44691; email: herms.2@osu.edu
    ²Department of Entomology and Department of Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824; email: mccullo6@msu.edu

    *Corresponding author

The following contain useful information for homeowners:

• Common Problems of Ash Trees/Ash Tree Identification
  Iowa State University Extension, January 2011
  This diagnostic guide is intended to help you distinguish emerald ash borer injury from other common problems of ash trees.
• Distinguishing Ash from other Common Trees
  This key is intended to help you distinguish between some common deciduous landscape trees frequently confused with ash, including: elm, boxelder, mountain ash, walnut and hickory.
• Ash Tree Identification Bulletin
  Kimberly Rebek and Mary Wilson - criteria to properly identify ash trees.

• Signs and Symptoms of the Emerald Ash Borer
  MSU Extension Bulletin E-2938 | Reprinted December 2005
• Woodpecker Watch
  Vermont Invasives
  Whether you are hunting down the recently spotted Snowy Owl or checking off species on your life list, you could be protecting those very trees the birds of Vermont rely on. The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) is an invasive forest pest that devours all three species of Vermont ash trees but you can help find early infestations of EAB by reporting woodpecker damage observed on ash trees.
• Signs and Symptoms
  New York Invasive Species Information
  Early detection of EAB in newly infested trees can prove very difficult, particularly for the lay property or woodland owner as the trees tend to exhibit few, if any, visible external symptoms of infestation. When EAB infestations begin in an area it can take years for the first trees to die and in these cases EAB is very difficult to detect. The first symptoms to occur are cracks in the bark where the individual EAB have been feeding. As EAB populations build, woodpeckers learn to feed on them and their foraging efforts are easy to detect even from long distances. When trees begin to decline rapidly with further EAB population buildup canopy thinning and epicormic sprouting (water sprouts) become more apparent. D-shaped adult emergence holes are small and hard to detect when there are few, but a reliable sign as populations build.