I-Emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, ibhungane elingavamile elatholwa eningizimu-mpumalanga yeMichigan eduze kwaseDetroit ehlobo lika-2002. Amabhungane amadala adla amahlamvu omlotha kodwa abangela umonakalo omncane. Izibungu (isigaba esingavuthiwe) zidla amagxolo angaphakathi ezihlahla zomlotha, okuphazamisa ikhono lesihlahla lokuthutha amanzi nezakhamzimba.
I-Emerald ash borer cishe yafika e-United States iphethe izinto zokhuni eziqinile ezipakishwayo ezithwalwa emikhunjini yezimpahla noma ezindizeni ezivela e-Asia yangakubo. I-Emerald Ash Borer nayo yasungulwa kwezinye izifundazwe eziyishumi nambili kanye nezingxenye zeCanada. Nakuba i-Emeral Ash Borer ingakabi inkinga e-California, ingase ibe esikhathini esizayo.
Emzamweni wokufundisa abantu ngemiphumela ye-Emeral Ash Borer, i-USDA Forest Service, i-Michigan State University, i-Ohio State University, kanye ne-Perdue University baye basungula uchungechunge lwama-webinars amahhala abizwa ngokuthi i-Emerald Ash Borer University. Kunama-webinars ayisithupha kusukela ngoFebhuwari kuya ku-Ephreli. Ukuze ubhalise, vakashela i- Iwebhusayithi ye-Emerald Ash Borer. Ngohlelo lwe-EABU, abantu baseCalifornia bangalungiselelwa izinambuzane futhi ngokunokwenzeka bafunde izindlela zokubhekana nezinye izinhlobo ezingavamile njenge-Goldspotted Oak Borer.