The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will treat a total of 39,195 trees susceptible to the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) with the insecticide imidacloprid in New York this spring. These treatments are a vital component of the area-wide eradication strategies used to prevent further infestation and reduce populations of this invasive pest.
Read more about the treatments here.
New York trees treated for Asian longhorned beetle
Control treatments started this week in Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island