Larvae of Wood-Boring Beetles
Feeding on Ash Trees
(Fraxinus spp.)

Wood-Boring Beetle Species
Scientific Name &
Common Name (if any)
Insect Family
Agrilus planipennis
(Emerald Ash Borer)
Buprestidae
(Metallic Wood-Boring Beetles)
Agrilus subcinctus Buprestidae
(Metallic Wood-Boring Beetles)
Calloides nobilis nobilis Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Neoclytus acuminatum acuminatum
(Red-Headed Ash Borer)
Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Neoclytus caprea
(Banded Ash Borer)
Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Obrium rufulum Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Stenocorus schaumii Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Tylonotus bimaculatus
(Ash & Privet Borer)
Cerambycidae
(Long-Horned Beetles)
Stenoscelis brevis Curculionidae
(Weevils)
Hylesinus aculeatus
(Eastern Ash Bark Beetle)
Scolytidae
(Bark Beetles)
Hylesinus criddlei
(Criddle's Bark Beetle)
Scolytidae
(Bark Beetles)
Xyloterinus politus Scolytidae
(Bark Beetles)

Sources: Marsh (2006), Yanega (1996), Majka et al. (2007),
MacRae (1991)

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