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Jeremy VanDerpluym | Northern Star

Beetle species kills Ash trees

By Amanda Shaffer | October 16, 2011

Over the summer, the Emerald Ash Borer Beetle (EAB) has been spotted in DeKalb and other neighboring areas. The Emerald Ash Borer Beetle's larva eat the inner bark in Ash trees which cuts off the trees from water and nutrients, killing it of starvation....