Asian Long-Horned Beetles

Anoplophora glabripennis

By: Caroline Nguyen and Shreya Shirodkar

Name of Species

• Common name: Asian Long Horned Beetle

• Scientific Name: Anoplophora glabripennis

• Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Arthropeda, Class: Insecta

Distribution

• From: China.• 1996 it arrived

accidentally by a cargo.

• Now: NYC in Brooklyn, NJ, and Chicago.

Effects On People

• People comes into contact when the species kill trees

• Human might lose oxygen

• And wood for cabinets

Effects On Ecosystems

• Attacks and kills many hardwood trees

• Trees in Northern USA

• Trees killed = food + animals taken from animals

Tree Damage• O - where eggs

are laid• E - exit hole• Damage = larvae

feed on tree’s food and water conducting vessels

Balance of Ecosystem

• Kill trees=food taken away from animals

• No food=shortened populations

Position in Food Web

Success! Oh, no!• Not many predators• Bury deep into trees• Tree damage hard to spot Infested Healthy

THE END!!!

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• www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov • http://www.uvm.edu/albeetle/infestation/index.html