Aeolesthes sarta or Trirachys is a polyphagous long-horned beetle that has caused severe damage to the Populus alba forests/plantations in its regions of origin. Climate change could accelerate introduction and spread invasive pest species, potentially causing ecological economic losses. Furthermore, globalization increased trade can inadvertently transport pests across borders into where they ...

The Asian longhorned beetle (ALB), Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky), is one of the most harmful invasive alien species attacking hardwood trees. Increasing human activities have caused changes in landscape patterns ALB habitats, disrupting habitat balance and weakening landscape-driven pest suppression. However, relationship between (compositional structural heterogeneity) populations has...

Culture-independent analysis of the gut of a wood-boring insect, Anoplophora glabripennis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), revealed a consistent association between members of the fungal Fusarium solani species complex and the larval stage of both colony-derived and wild A. glabripennis populations. Using the translation elongation factor 1-alpha region for culture-independent phylogenetic and opera...

Velvet longhorned beetle Trichoferus campestris (Faldermann) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) is native to Asia. It reported be polyphagous in its range, but hosts have not been screened introduced range the United States. We conducted choice and no-choice host experiments. For assays, gravid T. oviposited freely on cut branches of four tree species: Juglans nigra, Malus domestica, Acer saccharum, Pi...

Two breeding populations of the non-native Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis Motschulsky), a pest broadleaf trees in its native China, were discovered Ontario 2003 and 2013, respectively. Both eradicated by removing all injured uninjured deemed at high risk injury. We used data collected during this removal to study host selection. Signs A. injury observed on 732 stems from seve...