Emerald Ash Tree Borer Bug Treatment

                          ALERT!

Emerald Ash Borer Bus is in Simcoe County.

The population of the Emerald Ash Borer has now been found in Simcoe County and is moving North!

To prevent these insects from infesting your trees, professional help is required to protect the health of your ash trees. Turf King provides an effective treatment that will combat the Emerald Ash Borer and restore the health of your tree. Keep your ash trees safe and healthy this year. Call Turf King to find out how you can fight Emerald Ash Borer infestations today.  Turf King Orillia has been trained & authorized to use
the Ima-Jet System.

The only other way to combat the Emerald Ash Borer is tree removal, which can be very costly. For a cost-effective Emerald Ash Borer treatment call today. I am here to offer advice and treatment to manage Emerald Ash Borer infestations in your landscape. I’ll provide you with a free tree analysis to get you started.

Call for your free assessment and quote today!

Turf King Lawn Expert’s Certified Arborist offers Emerald Ash Tree Borer Treatment

Barry Ziegler, owner is a certified arborist with the International Society of Arboriculture.

• If you see signs of damage it may be advanced too far to treat
• Barry Ziegler, owner of Turf King Orillia, is a certified arborist who can assess the damage and make recommendations
• Early detection and treatment is essential to reduce the spread of EAB because other insects or diseases may look similar
• If caught early, prevention of the Emerald Ash Borer is possible with the use of the systemic insecticide, IMA-jet® (imidacloprid), which is inserted into the tree
• Barry and members of his staff have been approved and trained in the use of  IMA-jet® (imidacloprid)
• IMA-jet® (imidacloprid) is approved for use by Natural Resources Canada.
• Treatment must be done yearly as long as the Emerald Ash Borer is in the area
• Dark metallic green beetle native to Asia
• Highly destructive - Invasive species with few natural enemies
• They are 3 mm wide and 7 or 8 mm long and able to fly up to several kilometres
• The adult female EAB beetle has a 2 month life span
• She will lay approximately 100 creamy, white eggs under the bark or in crevices on the trunks and major branches of ash trees
• Eggs turn amber in colour and hatch in 2 weeks
• The larvae, the most destructive stage, bore through the bark to the outer layer of new sapwood where they feed until fall on the conductive tissue which carries nutrients and water to the leaves and the tree begins to die.
• The larvae will excavate chambers in the sapwood and outer bark where they overwinter.  
• There can be hundreds or even thousands of larvae in an infested tree.
• In spring, they develop into pupae and then to adult beetles which chew 3.5 – 4 mm wide D shaped exit holes through the bark.
• The adult feeds on the ash leaf and cuts notches on the sides of the leaf.
• Adults may be seen from June to the end of August on or near your ash trees.   
• The first noticeable sign of the death of the tree is usually in the thinning of the crown of the tree which may appear ragged with a diminished density of leaves.
• Indications are D shaped exit holes or S-shaped galleries under the bark filled with fine sawdust or  vertical splits in the bark or long shoots growing from the trunk or branches
• Woodpeckers and some species of squirrels feed on the larvae.
• Simcoe County regulated area - cannot move wood into or out of the area to prevent spread Yearly as long as is in area    

TreeAzin is injected under a tree's bark, directly into the conductive tissues. Barry Ziegler, a certified arborist, and his technicians are certified and trained to treat your Ash trees to prevent and eliminate Emerald Ash Tree Borers.  Emerald Ash Tree Borer has now spread to Simcoe County!  Protect your valuable ash tree - call us now at 705-326-6234.

WHAT IS AN EMERALD ASH BORER?  

• Emerald Ash Borer is a highly destructive invasive pest that arrived from Asia, most likely in untreated ash wood used for packing material.
• In North America, EAB was first detected in Windsor, ON, and Detroit, MI (2002).
• EAB was likely present in these areas for several years prior to discovery.
• The rapid spread of EAB has been hastened by the inadvertent human transport of beetle-contaminated firewood and other infested ash materials.
• EAB beetles:
  • metallic green in color
  • about 1/2 inch long and a 1/8 inch wide
  • body is narrow and elongated, and the head is flat
  • eyes are kidney-shaped and usually black.
  • feed on leaves and lay eggs from June to August
• EAB larvae:
  • white and flat, with distinctive bell-shaped segments
  • grow up to 1 inch long
  • feed on the inner bark, cutting off water and nutrient flow
• EAB attacks all species of True Ash (Fraxinus spp.) found in North America.
• EAB kills True Ash of any size or age, even healthy trees.
• EAB does not attack or kill Mountain Ash.

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