By Chris Conley
May 10, 2021 | 4:01 AM
PARRISH, WI (WSAU-WXPR) – Emerald Ash Borer or EAB is a non-native invasive species that can destroy ash trees… and it’s been found in Langlade County.
It’s already been found in pockets of Price, Oneida, and Florence Counties. Now it’s been found in three areas of Langlade County in the towns of Ainsworth, Parrish, and Wolf River.
The bright metallic- green beetle has been discovered all across southern Wisconsin and has been making its way north.
“At all of these sites we had multiple trees that were infested. They were infested down to about eye level and woodpeckers were coming in and starting to strip the bark off the trees to be able to get at the tasty larvae underneath the bark. That tells me that the population has been there just a little while to be able to build up to a large enough population that the woodpeckers are interested in it,” Linda Williams, DNR Forest Health Specialist, told WXPR radio.