Emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, bụ ebe dị egwu nke a chọtara na ndịda ọwụwa anyanwụ Michigan dị nso na Detroit n'oge okpomọkụ nke 2002. Ebe ndị toro eto na-akụ n'osisi ash ma na-emebi obere ihe. Larvae (ogbo akabeghị aka) na-eri nri n'ime ogbugbo osisi ash, na-akpaghasị ikike osisi ahụ ibufe mmiri na nri.
Emerald ash borer nwere ike bịarutere United States n'ihe eji ebu osisi siri ike bu n'ụgbọ mmiri ibu ma ọ bụ ụgbọ elu sitere n'obodo ya Eshia. Emerald Ash Borer ka emeberekwa na steeti iri na abụọ na mpaghara Canada. Ọ bụ ezie na Emeral Ash Borer enwebeghị nsogbu na California, ọ nwere ike ịbụ n'ọdịnihu.
N'ịgbalị ịkụziri ndị mmadụ banyere mmetụta nke Emeral Ash Borer, USDA Forest Service, Michigan State University, Ohio State University, na Perdue University emepụtawo usoro nke webinar efu a na-akpọ Emerald Ash Borer University. Enwere webinars isii site na February ruo Eprel. Iji debanye aha, gaa na Emerald Ash Borer webụsaịtị. Site na mmemme EABU, ndị California nwere ike ịkwado maka pesti ahụ ma nwee ike mụta ụzọ ha ga-esi na-emeso ụdị ndị ọzọ dị egwu dị ka Goldspotted Oak Borer.