Golden Buprestid Beetle (Buprestis aurulenta) on Aug 22, 2022
Originally reported as Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis)
Submitter has sample
Description of specimen
A single beetle, mostly intact.
Commentary
Thank you for your report! This is not EAB. It's a native member of the Metallic Wood-boring beetle family, the Golden Buprestid, Buprestis aurulenta. These beetles are larger and less slender than EAB. They are not tree killers. Their grubs live in dead conifers.
There are a number of iridescent green look-alike beetles in Oregon that are not pests. I am attaching a link to the ODA EAB webpage with some photos of other Oregon insects that could be mistaken for EAB
We found what looks to be an ash borer beetle. There are several mature ash trees in a 4-5 acre section of our property. This one was already dead and laying on the ground near a barn.
There are a number of iridescent green look-alike beetles in Oregon that are not pests. I am attaching a link to the ODA EAB webpage with some photos of other Oregon insects that could be mistaken for EAB
https://www.oregon.gov/oda/programs/IPPM/SurveyTreatment/Documents/EABLookAlikes.pdf
Thanks for being on the lookout!
Josh Vlach
Aug. 22, 2022, 2:28 a.m.