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Asian Longhorned Beetle Tree Removals - Bovenzi Park, Worcester, MA. March 2009.

Click on an image below to see a larger version or to download the full-sized photo. If you use these images, please credit: Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (Photographer: Jennifer Forman Orth)

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Female chewing egg-laying site as male guards her (From J. Forman Orth)
Beetle running down tree (From J. Forman Orth)
Female laying egg (From Bob Childs, Deborah Childs and Deborah Swanson)

Tree removals in the park. Note the many stumps visible along the ground.

Tree removals in the park. Note the many stumps visible along the ground.

Host trees marked with blue dots were not found to be infested but were cut as a precaution.

Blue dots mark host trees not found to be infested, but cut as a precaution.

The highway, once hidden, is now visible from the entrance of the park.

The highway, once hidden, is now visible from the entrance of the park.

The land at the entrance to the park had to be cleared just to allow the equipment to get in.

Many trees had to be cleared just to allow the equipment to get in.

Logs of non-host trees removed for equipment clearance.

Logs of non-host trees removed for equipment clearance.

An access road was built using lumber, so that tree removal equipment could get into the woods.

An access road was built using lumber, so that tree removal equipment could get into the woods.

Tree removal equiment and brush at the entrance to the park.

Tree removal equiment and brush at the entrance to the park.