Talk:Asian long-horned beetle

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Why is there no mention of the natural defenses some trees have against these bugs in their native habitat in Asia. This beetle I assume has existed a long time in Asia. Did it destroy a large portion of forest over there too? These beetles and related trees need to be studied in their native habitat. There must be another alternative to just cutting down any trees with holes in them. This should be mentioned with relative links so readers can find out more information. Matt — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mybluemars (talk • contribs) 18:21, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

ALH beetle in canada
I believe for sure it has spread into Canada already.

How come there is little mention of it in here? Jak722 02:22, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

See the timeline, the Sept 18, 2003 date- it lists the discovery of the ALHB in Canada. --Thirdmoon 02:05, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Life history
A small correction to the life cycle of ALB. The larvae only spend a short time in the cambium of trees before tunneling into the heart wood. This period is reportedly only 20 days or so not several weeks. This is one of the factors that makes this pest so difficult to control with pesticides. IPM Man (talk) 02:36, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Actually, larval activity depends on the time of year as it is greatly affected by temperature. ALB has a geographic range from northern Mexico to Southern Canada, enabling it to winter over. Eggs laid in the Fall may not develop until the following Spring. The larval stage has 7 instars, the first 3 of which are normally spent in the cambium, with the next 3 instars feeding in the xylem and the final instar readying a cavity for pupation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Treerap (talk • contribs) 12:38, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Question about Biological Control
The following sentence was recently added, which I would like clarification on: One other theoretical solution would be Biological Control; this is definitely possible given that trees native to China which have been used as ornamental trees in the United States are also susceptible such as Albizia Julibrissin. I don't understand. How does the fact that silk tree is a popular ornamental in the US make biological control of Asian long-horned beetle more likely to succeed? Are you suggesting that silk trees could potentially provide habitat for predators or parasites of Asian long-horned beetle? Is this your original idea or is it sourced in scientific literature? I think it is important to be clear on these points because the article would benefit from some information on whether biological control is being considered as a real potential solution or not. Thanks!--Brambleshire (talk) 17:37, 11 December 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm equally confused. I'm going to revert the sentence because it needs to be rewritten for clarity, and also probably needs a citation. Tdslk (talk) 17:55, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Natural Predator of this insect?
Articles in Wikipedia lack information like what species preys on certain insects and animals. In the USA in southern Ohio this Asian Long Horned Beatle is killing maple trees. It would be prudent to know the natural predator of this insect and bring it here to the USA. Perhaps a bird? Or pray that a species in the USA will suddenly start to take a liking to it and eat it as prey. 108.81.134.236 (talk) 09:54, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

I'd give Asia some of America's choice insects for this. I love Maple Surup and don't want my pancakes artificially flavored. Surely there is a bird that will clean the maple trees like a wood pecker of somekind in Asia that can be brought to the USA that will take care of the Maple trees and protect them from these bugs. http://www.savatree.com/tt-fall10-asian-longhorned-beetle.html 108.81.134.236 (talk) 10:09, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

North america first discovery in Greenpoint Brooklyn
The officially verified discoverer in north america, was Ingram Carner, in Greenpoint Brooklyn, in 1996. He was recently given an award and citation,in 2011, from the goverment stating same. Please include his name in your article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.246.55.188 (talk) 22:20, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

Updates to range and other info
Just a heads up that a recent review article has come out on ALB:

I started updating the range section a bit starting with this as a source, removing unsourced content, and condensing individual mentions of towns for the most part. We generally don't want to get into long lists with invasive species infestations like this, so I just stuck to state. I'm keeping on the lookout for a good map where we could get more specific than state, but it doesn't look like we have at least a US-wide map on where its infestations are like we do for emerald ash borer. If anyone finds a good map like that, it would be great to give more detail in the range section while just listing the general areas it's been found in text.

In the meantime, I'm going to try to update the article and do some clean up in the near future using the above review article and and additional sources I find. I might potentially look at some restructuring here, so feel free to chime in if there's anything you notice that could use work now or as it's updated. Kingofaces43 (talk) 00:02, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

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