[sasquatch]

Thoughts?

[Carry_Okie]

Thoughts?

Works great as long as there is no secondary consequence of the infestation. On the other hand for example, in the case of the exotic Shot Hole Borer here in California, the bugs carry a Fusarium fungus that will kill the host tree.

[ek_hornbeck]

The article is mostly nonsense. It's true that there are still a lot of saplings and immature ash trees around - the emerald ash borer beetles usually only target mature trees. Once those saplings mature, most of not all of them will die unless they're treated.

Woodpeckers and wasps aren't keeping emerald ash borers under control, mature ash forests in the east and upper midwest are still dying. Perhaps a tiny sliver of ash trees that's genetically resistant (as Asian ash trees are, since they coexist with the beetle) will survive and eventually repopulate, but that will take decades if it happens at all. In the meantime, treating the trees in your yard with insecticide is the only option. If you think woodpeckers will solve the problem, you'll just have dead ash trees in your yard.