Emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, wani irin ƙwaro ne mai ban mamaki da aka gano a kudu maso gabashin Michigan kusa da Detroit a lokacin rani na shekara ta 2002. Manya-manyan beetles suna kan toka amma suna haifar da lalacewa kaɗan. Larvae (matakin da ba su girma ba) suna ciyar da haushin bishiyar toka na ciki, suna lalata ikon bishiyar na jigilar ruwa da abinci mai gina jiki.
Mai yiwuwa Emerald ash borer ya isa Amurka akan kayayyun katako da aka kwashe a cikin jiragen dakon kaya ko kuma jiragen sama wadanda suka samo asali daga yankin Asiya. Emerald Ash Borer kuma an kafa shi a wasu jihohi goma sha biyu da sassan Kanada. Duk da yake Emeral Ash Borer bai zama matsala ba a California, yana iya kasancewa a nan gaba.
A ƙoƙarin ilmantar da mutane game da tasirin Emeral Ash Borer, USDA Forest Service, Jami'ar Jihar Michigan, Jami'ar Jihar Ohio, da Jami'ar Perdue sun haɓaka jerin shafukan yanar gizon kyauta da ake kira Jami'ar Emerald Ash Borer. Akwai shafukan yanar gizo guda shida daga Fabrairu zuwa Afrilu. Don yin rijista, ziyarci shafin Emerald Ash Borer gidan yanar gizon. Ta hanyar shirin EABU, 'yan California za su iya yin shiri don kwaro kuma za su iya koyon hanyoyin da za su magance wasu nau'o'in jinsuna kamar Goldspotted Oak Borer.