Emerald ash borer found in Perry County
July 19, 2013
(PERRYVILLE, Mo., AP) — A quarantine of wood products from Perry County is likely, after the discovery of an insect that kills ash trees.
Perry County economic development director Scott Sattler says Missouri Department of Agriculture field agents recently found the emerald ash borer in a park in Perryville.
The larvae of the half-inch-long, emerald green beetle kill the trees by feeding on the bark of the trees.
Sattler told the Southeast Missourian (http://bit.ly/13F9bE7) that Perry County is not yet under quarantine because the state agriculture department director is out of the country. County officials expect a quarantine to be imposed in the next 30 days.
Sattler says the quarantine would affect all types of firewood.
The larvae of the half-inch-long, emerald green beetle kill the trees by feeding on the bark of the trees.
Sattler told the Southeast Missourian (http://bit.ly/13F9bE7) that Perry County is not yet under quarantine because the state agriculture department director is out of the country. County officials expect a quarantine to be imposed in the next 30 days.
Sattler says the quarantine would affect all types of firewood.
