bright green insect, already dead when found. body shape and color matches Google images for emerald ash borer
Commentary
Thank you for your report! Can you attach a photo? It's late in the season for EAB. 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 Oregon insects that could be mistaken for EAB
https://www.oregon.gov/oda/programs/IPPM/SurveyTreatment/Documents/EABLookAlikes.pdf
Tom Valente
Nov. 18, 2024, 12:22 a.m.