Asian long-horned beetle

Insects: Boring Insects
Hexapoda (including Insecta) > Coleoptera > Cerambycidae > Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky)
Asian longhorned beetle is native to China and other nearby Pacific Rim countries. It was introduced in Chicago, Illinois and the New York City area through solid wood packing material from China. Domestically, movement of infested tree-based materials, including logs and firewood, can easily spread this insect. It is known to attack at least 18 species of hardwood trees including maple, birch, horse chestnut, poplar, willow, elm, ash, and black locust. Adult females chew out a place to lay their eggs forming oval to round, darkened wounds in the bark. Eggs are laid singly and they secrete a substance that hardens over and protects the egg. Larvae develop out of the eggs and chew banana-shaped galleries into the heartwood, on which they will feed in during fall and winter. The pale-yellow larvae are worm-like, elongate, and cylindrical with a varied texture on the underside; the eighth segment of the abdomen has a protruding structure. Pupae are off-white, 1 to 1 1/4 inch long and 1/3 of an inch wide. Adults emerge during the spring through large round holes (3/8" diameter) that may occur anywhere on the tree including branches, trunk, and exposed roots. These exit holes can number in the thousands per tree. Adult beetles 1 to 1 1/2 inches long, shiny-black with white spots. They have black-and-white banded antennae that are at least as long as their bodies. The upper sections of the legs of the adults are whitish-blue. Asian longhorned beetle can be distinguished from related species, such as citrus longhorned beetle, by the markings on the wing covers and the pattern of the antennae. Asian longhorned beetles require between one to three years to reach maturity.

225 records

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Image Descriptor Description Photographer
1193007 Adult(s) adult male marked for study Dean Morewood
1193008 Adult(s) male/female pair Dean Morewood
1193009 Adult(s) male guarding female during oviposition Dean Morewood
1193010 Adult(s) female chewing an oviposition site on red oak Dean Morewood
0949056 Adult(s) Kenneth R. Law
1124041 Adult(s) Donald Duerr
1124042 Adult(s) Donald Duerr
0014056 Adult(s) female (middle), male (bottom) compared to cottonwood borer (top) Gerald J. Lenhard
1148052 Adult(s) on log with exit hole Kenneth R. Law
1193001 Adult(s) female ovipositing in sugar maple Dean Morewood
1257001 Adult(s) Kenneth R. Law
1257002 Adult(s) Kenneth R. Law
1257009 Adult(s) USDA APHIS PPQ Archive
1262001 Adult(s) Male Michael Bohne
1262002 Adult(s) female Michael Bohne
1262003 Adult(s) form nobilis Michael Bohne
1262004 Adult(s) Michael Bohne
1257006 Adult(s) with exit hole and dime for size comparison Kenneth R. Law
1257007 Adult(s) Kenneth R. Law
1262007 Adult(s) Male adult beetle on poplar in Ningxia, China Michael Bohne
1262009 Adult(s) Adult emerging from tree (post autoclave) Michael Bohne
1265006 Adult(s) Kenneth R. Law
1393013 Adult(s) Dennis Haugen
1393014 Adult(s) Linda Haugen
1523037 Adult(s) Daniel Herms
1523038 Adult(s) Daniel Herms
2159062 Adult(s) dorsal view; intercepted by AQIS Victoria in timber pallett from China Pest and Diseases Image Library
2159067 Adult(s) lateral view; intercepted by AQIS Victoria in timber pallett from China. June 2005 Pest and Diseases Image Library
2159069 Adult(s) ventral view; intercepted by AQIS Victoria in timber pallett from China. June 2005 Pest and Diseases Image Library
3047038 Adult(s) Larry R. Barber
3047035 Adult(s) Larry R. Barber
3225082 Adult(s) damage E. Richard Hoebeke
5016091 Adult(s) Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive
4798040 Adult(s) Kenneth R. Law
5315072 Adult(s) Antennae have 11 segments, each with a white blue base; Intercepted by AQIS Victoria (Australia) in timber pallet from China in June 2005. Pest and Diseases Image Library
5315073 Adult(s) The base of the elytra in A. glabripennis (pictured) is smooth while the base of the elytra in A. chinensis has numerous tubercles; Intercepted by AQIS Victoria (Australia) in timber pallet from China in June 2005. Pest and Diseases Image Library
5315075 Adult(s) The base of the elytra in A. glabripennis (pictured) is smooth while the base of the elytra in.A. chinensis has numerous tubercles. Pest and Diseases Image Library
5315078 Adult(s) The scutellum of A. glabripennis and A. chinensis (morph from China) is black while A. chinensis (morph from Japan) has a white hair patch. Pest and Diseases Image Library
5315079 Adult(s) Intercepted by AQIS Victoria (Australia) in timber pallet from China in June 2005 Pest and Diseases Image Library
5315080 Adult(s) Intercepted by AQIS Victoria in timber pallet from China; June 2005 Pest and Diseases Image Library
5017023 Adult(s) Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive
5023075 Adult(s) Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive
5392793 Control

setting up for removal of infested trees; compare to image 5392794

Kenneth R. Law
5392794 Control

tree after infested trees were removed.  Compare to image 5392793.

Kenneth R. Law
5022027 Control dropping suspect Asian longhorned beetle infested tree Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive
5017005 Control Barry Emmons mapping out infestation Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive
5017013 Control tagged tree Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive
3047039 Control inspecting containerized cargo -Charleston, SC Larry R. Barber
3047030 Control fumigation certificate from China Larry R. Barber
3047032 Control checking inside containerized cargo Larry R. Barber
1393015 Control Chipping infested wood. Ravenswood infestation - Chicago - June 1999. Dennis Haugen
1393016 Control

Imidicloprid insecticide injection with the original Mauget capsules. Ravenswood infestation - Chicago - May 2002.

Dennis Haugen
1299015 Control Beetle cut; Ravenwood, Chicago, Jan 31 - Feb 7, 1999 USDA ARS Archive
1299016 Control USDA ARS Archive
1317090 Control Infestation in Chicago: before, during, and after cleanup. The only means of control available is to identify which trees are infested, cut them down, and chip them into tiny pieces. Such an approach can turn a tranquil neighborhood with tree-lined streets into a barren landscape. Michael T. Smith
1317091 Control Infestation in Chicago: before, during, and after cleanup. The only means of control available is to identify which trees are infested, cut them down, and chip them into tiny pieces. Such an approach can turn a tranquil neighborhood with tree-lined streets into a barren landscape. Michael T. Smith
1393008 Control Street after infested trees were removed. See image#1393007 for picture of street before infested trees were removed. Ravenswood infestation - Chicago - Feb 1999 Dennis Haugen
1253028 Control Phase 2 - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253029 Control Treatments - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253030 Control Treatments - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253031 Control Treatments - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253032 Control Treatments - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253033 Control Treatments - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253034 Control Treatments - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253035 Control Bucket Truck tree removal - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253036 Control Bucket Truck tree removal - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253037 Control Bucket Truck tree removal - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253038 Control Survey map - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253052 Control Bucket Truck tree removal - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253053 Control Bucket Truck tree removal - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253054 Control Bucket Truck tree removal - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253055 Control Bucket Truck tree removal - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1240221 Control Insecticide impregnated sticks placed into the holes created by newly emerged larvae, China. Gillian Allard
1253001 Control Jersey City, New Jersey Regulated Area map Thomas B. Denholm
1253003 Control Phase 1 - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253004 Control Phase 1 - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253005 Control Phase 1 - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253006 Control Phase 1 - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253007 Control Phase 1 - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253008 Control Phase 1 - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253009 Control Phase 1 - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253010 Control Phase 1 - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253011 Control Phase 1 - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253012 Control Phase 1 - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253013 Control Phase 1 - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253014 Control Phase 1 - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253015 Control Phase 1 - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253016 Control Phase 1 - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253017 Control Phase 1 - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253018 Control Phase 1 - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253019 Control Phase 2 - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253020 Control Phase 2 - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253021 Control Phase 2 - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253022 Control Phase 2 - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253023 Control Phase 2 - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253024 Control Phase 2 - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253025 Control Phase 2 - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
1253026 Control Phase 2 - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
0949053 Damage exit holes E. Richard Hoebeke
1148051 Damage exit hole USDA APHIS PPQ Archive
1393010 Damage Sap oozing from damaged sites - Ravenswood infestation - Chicago - July 1998. Dennis Haugen
1393011 Damage Oviposition niche. Ravenswood infestation - Chicago - August 1998 Dennis Haugen
1393012 Damage Exit holes. Ravenswood infestation - Chicago - August 1998 Dennis Haugen
1393004 Damage Ravenswood infestation - Chicago - Oct 1998 Dennis Haugen
1393005 Damage Ravenswood infestation - Chicago - July 1998 Dennis Haugen
1393006 Damage Ravenswood infestation - Chicago - July 1998 Dennis Haugen
1393001 Damage oviposition niche. Ravenswood infestation - Chicago - Aug 1998 Dennis Haugen
1393002 Damage Exit hole - 3/8" Dennis Haugen
1262008 Damage infested poplar in Ningxia, China Michael Bohne
1257008 Damage Kenneth R. Law
1257003 Damage Kenneth R. Law
1257004 Damage removal of dead trees Kenneth R. Law
1257005 Damage Kenneth R. Law
1193002 Damage oviposition site on a small red maple Dean Morewood
1193003 Damage adult feeding damage (stripped bark) Dean Morewood
1193004 Damage oviposition site on red oak Dean Morewood
1193005 Damage oviposition site and adult feeding damage on sugar maple Dean Morewood
1193006 Damage adult feeding damage (foliage wilted due to girdling of twigs) Dean Morewood
1398105 Damage tunneling under bark Steven Katovich
3047033 Damage exit hole damage Larry R. Barber
3047034 Damage city workers removing damaged trees in Chicago, IL Larry R. Barber
3047031 Damage beetle infested trees felled in Chicago, IL tree stumps-prior to stump grinding Larry R. Barber
1398108 Damage Steven Katovich
3047040 Damage city workers removing trees - Chicago, IL in Larry R. Barber
3047041 Damage frass in pupal chamber Larry R. Barber
3047043 Damage city workers removing trees - Chicago, IL Larry R. Barber
3047045 Damage exit hole Larry R. Barber
3047046 Damage exit hole Larry R. Barber
3225078 Damage exit holes with dime for size reference E. Richard Hoebeke
3225079 Damage exit holes with dime for size reference Robert A. Haack
3225080 Damage Robert A. Haack
3225081 Damage boring dust Robert A. Haack
5016094 Damage Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive
5016095 Damage Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive
5016096 Damage Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive
3047036 Damage to boards on pallets Larry R. Barber
5017015 Damage Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive
5017010 Damage Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive
5017011 Damage dieback Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive
5017006 Damage dieback Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive
5017002 Damage Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive
5017003 Damage Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive
5016098 Damage exit hole Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive
5016099 Damage dieback Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive
5392760 Damage

egg and exit sites

Kenneth R. Law
5392767 Damage

egg and exit sites

Kenneth R. Law
5032069 Damage Joseph O'Brien
5392783 Damage Kenneth R. Law
5392785 Display or Sign Kenneth R. Law
5392786 Display or Sign Kenneth R. Law
5392787 Display or Sign Kenneth R. Law
5392788 Display or Sign Kenneth R. Law
5392789 Display or Sign Kenneth R. Law
5392790 Display or Sign Kenneth R. Law
5392791 Display or Sign Kenneth R. Law
5392792 Display or Sign Kenneth R. Law
3047028 Distribution shipping containers waiting to be inspected at port for possible infestation Larry R. Barber
3047042 Egg(s) bark removed to show egg in niche Larry R. Barber
0949055 Egg(s) oviposition site on maple (typical) Kenneth R. Law
5392746 Egg(s)

Egg sites

Kenneth R. Law
5392747 Feature(s)

Egg sites and Exit holes

Kenneth R. Law
5392748 Feature(s)

Egg sites and Exit holes

Kenneth R. Law
5392749 Feature(s)

Egg sites and Exit holes

Kenneth R. Law
5392750 Feature(s)

Egg sites and Exit holes

Kenneth R. Law
5392751 Feature(s)

Egg sites and Exit holes

Kenneth R. Law
5392752 Feature(s)

Egg sites and Exit holes

Kenneth R. Law
5392753 Feature(s)

Egg sites and Exit holes

Kenneth R. Law
5392754 Feature(s)

Egg sites and Exit holes

Kenneth R. Law
5392755 Feature(s)

Egg sites and Gallery

Kenneth R. Law
5392756 Feature(s)

Egg sites

Kenneth R. Law
5392757 Feature(s)

Egg sites

Kenneth R. Law
5392758 Feature(s)

bark removed showing frass

Kenneth R. Law
5392759 Feature(s)

frass

Kenneth R. Law
5017009 Feature(s) frass Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive
5016097 Feature(s) frass Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive
2159068 Feature(s) pronotum; intercepted by AQIS Victoria in timber pallett from China. June 2005 Pest and Diseases Image Library
5392761 Feature(s)

egg and exit sites

Kenneth R. Law
5392762 Feature(s)

egg and exit sites

Kenneth R. Law
5392763 Feature(s)

egg and exit sites

Kenneth R. Law
5392764 Feature(s)

egg and exit sites

Kenneth R. Law
5392765 Feature(s)

egg and exit sites

Kenneth R. Law
5392766 Feature(s)

egg and exit sites

Kenneth R. Law
5392768 Feature(s)

egg sites

Kenneth R. Law
5392769 Feature(s)

egg and exit sites

Kenneth R. Law
5392770 Feature(s)

exit sites

Kenneth R. Law
5392771 Feature(s)

egg and exit sites

Kenneth R. Law
5392772 Feature(s)

egg and exit sites; bark removed

Kenneth R. Law
5392773 Feature(s)

egg and exit sites

Kenneth R. Law
5392784 Feature(s)

pupal chamber frass

Kenneth R. Law
5016100 Galleries Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive
1398110 Infestation Dennis Haugen
1317089 Infestation Infestation in Chicago: before, during, and after cleanup. The only means of control available is to identify which trees are infested, cut them down, and chip them into tiny pieces. Such an approach can turn a tranquil neighborhood with tree-lined streets into a barren landscape Michael T. Smith
1393007 Infestation Street before infested trees were removed. See image#1393008 for picture of street after infested trees were removed. Ravenswood infestation - Chicago - Oct 1998 Dennis Haugen
5392774 Infestation

Heavy infestation

Kenneth R. Law
1265007 Inspection Inspection in imported cargo USDA APHIS PPQ Archive
5017017 Inspection Inspecting tree for damage from four sides Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive
1398111 Larva(e) in gallery Steven Katovich
1398106 Larva(e) compared to Siricid wood wasp (bottom). Steven Katovich
1398107 Larva(e) Steven Katovich
3047037 Larva(e) and damage in tree Larry R. Barber
1393003 Larva(e) Dennis Haugen
1388019 Larva(e) Assorted larval sizes of ALB removed from an infested hardwood stem found in the Chicago area, 1998. Steven Katovich
1262005 Larva(e) Michael Bohne
0949054 Larva(e) Kenneth R. Law
1148053 Larva(e) in Norway maple USDA APHIS PPQ Archive
1253027 Larva(e) Phase 2 - Jersey City, New Jersey Thomas B. Denholm
5392775 Larva(e) Kenneth R. Law
5392776 Larva(e) Kenneth R. Law
5392777 Larva(e) Kenneth R. Law
5392778 Larva(e) Kenneth R. Law
5392779 Larva(e) Kenneth R. Law
5392780 Larva(e) Kenneth R. Law
5392781 Larva(e) Kenneth R. Law
5392782 Larva(e) Kenneth R. Law
5017022 Larva(e) Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive
5017025 Larva(e) Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive
4798041 Life Cycle Kenneth R. Law
5017021 Pupa(e) Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive
4798039 Pupa(e) Kenneth R. Law
3047029 Pupa(e) Larry R. Barber
1262006 Pupa(e) Michael Bohne
1393009 Restoration Area replanted after infested trees were removed. See images #1393007 and #1393008 for "before" pictures. Ravenswood infestation - Chicago - June 1999. Dennis Haugen
5017012 Trap(s) Experimental Trap Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive
5017004 Trap(s) experimental trap Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive
5017007 Trap(s) Experimental adult trap Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive


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