Insects and Spiders - native

Metallic Wood Borer, Buprestis viridisuturalis (Buprestis viridisuturalis) on Jul 22, 2024

Submitter has sample

Description of specimen

Bright green head, beige and green body

Commentary

Thank you for your report! This is not EAB. It's a native member of the Metallic Wood-boring beetle family, Buprestis viridisuturalis. These beetles are larger and less slender than EAB. They are not tree killers. Their grubs live in dead poplars.

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!

Tom Valente
July 23, 2024, 8:07 a.m.