Emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, i bete rakawanikwa kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweMichigan pedyo neDetroit muchirimo cha2002. Zvipembenene zvakura zvinonzva mashizha madota asi zvinokuvadza zvishoma. Mhungu (iyo immature stage) inodya mukati memakwati emiti yemadota, ichikanganisa kukwanisa kwemuti kutakura mvura uye kudya.
Emerald ash borer pamwe yakasvika muUnited States pamatanda akasimba ekurongedza zvinhu akatakurwa mungarava dzinotakura zvinhu kana ndege dzinobva kuAsia. Emerald Ash Borer inovambwa zvakare mune gumi nembiri dzimwe nyika uye zvikamu zveCanada. Nepo Emeral Ash Borer isati yave dambudziko muCalifornia, rinogona kunge riri mune ramangwana.
Mukuedza kudzidzisa vanhu nezve mhedzisiro yeEmeral Ash Borer, iyo USDA Forest Service, Michigan State University, Ohio State University, uye Perdue University vakagadzira nhevedzano yemahara webinars inonzi Emerald Ash Borer University. Kune matanhatu webinars kubva munaFebruary kusvika Kubvumbi. Kuti unyore, shanyira iyo Emerald Ash Borer webhusaiti. Kuburikidza nechirongwa cheEABU, maCalifornians anogona kugadzirira chipukanana uye pamwe nekudzidza nzira dzekubata nemamwe marudzi ekunze seGoldspotted Oak Borer.