Bryan, although the photo you included was blurry, I don't believe it was a picture of an emerald ash borer because of the amount of rust color on many places on its body. However, I have asked the ODA entomologist to review your photo for a determination, and will get back to you asap.

Lisa DeBruyckere
May 16, 2010, 6:37 a.m.

Bryan, here's the response from Jim Labonte of the Oregon Department of Agriculture:
The picture is not of emerald ash borer. It is a native, non-destructive species, the golden buprestid, Buprestis aurulenta. This insect feeds on a wide variety of conifers, unlike emerald ash borer, which feeds only on ash. The golden buprestid only attacks dying or recently dead trees. However, the grubs can survive for decades in untreated lumber cut from infested trees, sometimes emerging from houses many years after construction. Golden buprestids cannot reinfest lumber or houses. Emerald ash borers are about half the size of golden buprestids and a quarter as wide and have no copper or red tints to them.

Lisa DeBruyckere
May 19, 2010, 8:53 a.m.