Asian Long-Horned Beetle

Scientific name: Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky)

Common names: Asian long-horned beetle, starry sky beetle

Native To: Asia

Date of U.S. Introduction: 1996

Images: Invasive.org and Google

Videos: Asian Longhorned Beetle (or click Play button below) and Google videos

Means of Introduction: Arrived accidentally in cargo from Asia

Impact: Destroys hardwood trees

Current U.S. Distribution:

• Quarantine, Survey, and Treatment Maps
• National Agricultural Pest Information System - Pest Tracker - Reported Status

Management Plans: Animals / Asian Long-horned Beetle

Quarantine:

• Federal Notices and Federal Orders
• Domestic Quarantine Notices (scroll to view Asian longhorned beetle)
• Quararntine, Survey, and Treatment Maps

Selected Internet Resources:

• Federal Government
• State Government
• University/Academic
• International
• Organizations

Asian Longhorned Beetle
USDA. APHIS. Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey. National Agricultural Pest Information System.
Photographs; Distribution; Special Note: Links to other sites

Asian Longhorned Beetles (Jun 2000, Vol. 48, No. 6)
USDA. Agricultural Research Service.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls

Anoplophora glabripennis Article Citation Search - AGRICOLA Database
USDA. National Agricultural Library.
Research; Special Note: NAL Catalog Search (resources)

Asian Longhorned Beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis: An Emerging Success (PDF | 126 KB)
USDA. Agricultural Research Service.
Photographs; Impacts; Controls; Research

Alien Invasion: The Asian Longhorn Beetle
USDA. ARS. Systematic Entomology Lab.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Special Note: Education Resource

Anoplophora glabripennis
North American Forest Commission. Exotic Forest Pest Information System.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls

Beetle Busters
USDA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Distribution; Controls

Asian Longhorned Beetle
USDA. APHIS. Plant Protection and Quarantine.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls; Legal Aspects

Pest Alert: Asian Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis): A New Introduction (2008)
USDA. Forest Service; USDA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts

Asian Longhorned Beetle
USDA. Forest Service. Northeastern Area. State and Private Forestry.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Illustrations; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls; Legal Aspects; Special Note: Data and Maps on Infestations in New York and Chicago

Asian Longhorned Beetle
USDA. Forest Service. Northern Research Station.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls

Asian Longhorned Beetle Pest Profile
California Department of Food and Agriculture. Pest Detection/Emergency Projects Branch.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Life Cycle; Impacts; Distribution

Asian Long-Horned Beetle
Illinois Department of Agriculture.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Illustrations; Introduction History; Life Cycle; Impacts; Controls; Legal Aspects

Asian Longhorned Beetle
Michigan Department of Agriculture.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion

Asian Longhorned Beetle Alert
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Controls

Asian Longhorned Beetle
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Division of Parks and Forestry.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts

Asian Longhorned Beetle Information
Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Forestry.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Life Cycle; Impacts

Asian Longhorned Beetle
Oregon Department of Agriculture. Plant Division. Insect Pest Prevention and Management.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Distribution

Asian Long-Horned Beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis
University of California - Riverside. Center for Invasive Species Research.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Distribution

Asian Longhorned Beetle - Introduced Species Summary Project
Columbia University. Center for Environmental Research and Conservation.
Taxonomy; Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Controls

Asian Longhorned Beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis
Oklahamo State University. Entomology and Plant Pathology.
Introduction History; Photographs; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Controls

Asian Longhorned Beetle - UVM Public Awareness
University of Vermont. Entomological Research Laboratory.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Illustration; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls; Legal Aspects

Pest Alert-Asian Longhorned Beetle Anoplophora glabripennis
Western IPM Center.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Controls

Asian Long Horned Beetle
Forest Invasive Alien Species of Canada.
Taxonomy; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts

Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis)
Natural Resources Canada. Canadian Forest Service.
Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Special Note: Detecting Signs and Symptoms of Asian Longhorned Beetle Injury: Training Guide (2006; PDF | 944 MB)

Asian Long-horned Beetle
Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (Canada).
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Distribution

Asian Longhorned Beetle
Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Plant Health Division.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Life Cycle; Distribution

Anoplophora glabripennis - EPPO Data Sheets on Quarantine Pests (PDF | 37 KB)
European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization.
Taxonomy; Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls; Legal Aspects

Anoplophora glabripennis (insect) - ISSG Global Invasive Species Database
World Conservation Union. Invasive Species Specialist Group.
Taxonomy; Identification/Description; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Distribution; Controls

Anoplophora glabripennis
Discover Life.
Identification/Description; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion; Controls

Special Report: Asian Longhorned Beetle (Nov 1998; PDF | 313 KB)
Invasive.org.
Identification/Description; Photograph; Introduction History; Impacts; Habitat; Distribution; Dispersion; Legal Aspects

Asian longhorned beetle
Invasive.org.
Photographs; Special Note: Resources

Asian Longhorned Beetle Eradication Program
Massachusetts Introduced Pests Outreach Project.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Habitat; Legal Aspects

Asian Longhorned Beetle
Morton Arboretum.
Introduction History; Photographs; Impacts; Life Cycle