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Beetle quarantine area now extends into Lincoln Park
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By Mary Corrado
Editor
The Illinois Department of Agriculture last week extended the Ravenswood quarantine zone for the Asian Longhorned Beetle in Chicago by adding 6.71 square miles around the area where a lone beetle was spotted on a light post at the corner of Lincoln Ave. and Webster Ave., across the street from Oz Park, on Oct. 8, 2003. The new area is bounded on the south by Chicago Ave., on the west by Damen Ave., on the east by Lake Michigan, and on the north by Diversey Ave., which is the southern boundary of the original quarantine area.
The quarantine prohibits the removal of any Asian Longhorned Beetle host material, including nursery stocks, green lumber, stumps, roots, branches and debris of half inch or more in diameter from the quarantine area. Host species include maple, horse chestnut, poplar, willow, elm, birch, ash, hackberry, mimosa, London plane and mountain ash.
City residents are encouraged to look for signs of the beetle, including sawdust at the base of trees or on top of branches, and dime-sized holes in trees. The beetle is one to two inches long, jet black with white spots and antennae nearly as long as its body. Anyone seeing evidence should call the hotline at (800) 641-3934.
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By Mary Corrado
Editor
The Illinois Department of Agriculture last week extended the Ravenswood quarantine zone for the Asian Longhorned Beetle in Chicago by adding 6.71 square miles around the area where a lone beetle was spotted on a light post at the corner of Lincoln Ave. and Webster Ave., across the street from Oz Park, on Oct. 8, 2003. The new area is bounded on the south by Chicago Ave., on the west by Damen Ave., on the east by Lake Michigan, and on the north by Diversey Ave., which is the southern boundary of the original quarantine area.
The quarantine prohibits the removal of any Asian Longhorned Beetle host material, including nursery stocks, green lumber, stumps, roots, branches and debris of half inch or more in diameter from the quarantine area. Host species include maple, horse chestnut, poplar, willow, elm, birch, ash, hackberry, mimosa, London plane and mountain ash.
City residents are encouraged to look for signs of the beetle, including sawdust at the base of trees or on top of branches, and dime-sized holes in trees. The beetle is one to two inches long, jet black with white spots and antennae nearly as long as its body. Anyone seeing evidence should call the hotline at (800) 641-3934.
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