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Maine Forest Service

National Invasive Species Awareness Week: Forest Pests
emerald ash borer caused blonding, galleries, larva and adults

*Looking for Emerald Ash Borer? Watch for woodpecker activity.*

*Bright specks on stems of ash* provide a tip that woodpeckers have been searching for food. In some cases, those specks also reveal activity by the invasive emerald ash borer [ [link removed] ]. *Dark chips of bark littering the snow* are another sign that woodpeckers have been foraging for food just beneath the bark of trees. These signs are visible at highway speed, on a snowshoe trek, swooshing down slopes, snowmobiling and even sitting down for a meal at your local Chinese restaurant (It happened!). 

Let us know [ [link removed] ] if you see evidence of woodpeckers dining on emerald ash borer. 

#NISAW #WatchYourAsh #InvasiveSpecies

Bark pile from woodpeckers foraging for emerald ash borer. Image Credit: Patrican, CC BY-SA, via Wikimedia Commons.

"A pile of ash tree bark on snow can be a tip-off to the presence of emerald ash borer. Light patches of bark and the bark pile result from woodpeckers foraging for emerald ash borer. Image Credit: Patrican, CC BY-SA [ [link removed] ], via Wikimedia Commons."

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