Emerald Ash Borer Discovered in DuPage County

Illinois Department of Agriculture finds the beetle in Glendale Heights

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - DuPage is the fourth county in Illinois with a confirmed infestation of emerald ash borer (EAB). The Illinois Department of Agriculture today announced the tiny, tree-killing beetle has been discovered at a shopping center in Glendale Heights.

A department nursery inspector made the discovery. While returning from an inspection, he noticed distressed ash trees at the Concord Green Shopping Center and stopped to investigate. Larvae were collected from trees near the intersection of North Avenue and Bloomingdale Road and submitted to the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, which confirmed the specimens as EAB larvae late Friday... MORE