Ella Invasive Species Padlet by Ella Witvoet https://padlet.com/3626090/45h6sd6eq6yzdhqf Made with a taste for adventure en-us 2020-10-15 16:24:03 UTC 2020-10-19 12:22:09 UTC hello@padlet.com Emerald Ash Borer 3626090 https://padlet.com/3626090/45h6sd6eq6yzdhqf/wish/833075613 2020-10-15 16:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3626090/45h6sd6eq6yzdhqf/wish/833075613 What is the species scientific name? 3626090 https://padlet.com/3626090/45h6sd6eq6yzdhqf/wish/833081393 The Emerald Ash Borer's scientific name is Agrilus Planipennis. Their nickname was given to them because they are an emerald color and mainly feed on ash trees, and lay eggs on ash trees. They can also be called EAB.

https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/invertebrates/emerald-ash-borer]]> 2020-10-15 16:39:04 UTC https://padlet.com/3626090/45h6sd6eq6yzdhqf/wish/833081393 What is the species native geographical habitat? 3626090 https://padlet.com/3626090/45h6sd6eq6yzdhqf/wish/833106338 The Emerald Ash Borer is native to North Eastern Asia that feed on ash species. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_ash_borer]]> 2020-10-15 16:44:34 UTC https://padlet.com/3626090/45h6sd6eq6yzdhqf/wish/833106338 What is the Emerald Ash Borer invaded geographical habitat? 3626090 https://padlet.com/3626090/45h6sd6eq6yzdhqf/wish/836150205 The Emerald Ash Borer has invaded the US killing our ash trees and now they are being introduced to Canada. They are also killing many ash trees in the southeast, it is believed that they are also going to begin to go the southwest.

https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/invertebrates/emerald-ash-borer]]> 2020-10-16 16:21:40 UTC https://padlet.com/3626090/45h6sd6eq6yzdhqf/wish/836150205 How was the species introduced? 3626090 https://padlet.com/3626090/45h6sd6eq6yzdhqf/wish/836178471 The species was introduced by getting caught in a cargo container that then was shipped from North Eastern Asia to the USA. They were caught when a company left their cargo opened, about to be put in the ship. They are smaller so no wonder we didn't find them in the containers.

https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/invertebrates/emerald-ash-borer]]> 2020-10-16 16:28:10 UTC https://padlet.com/3626090/45h6sd6eq6yzdhqf/wish/836178471 Was the introduction accidental? 3626090 https://padlet.com/3626090/45h6sd6eq6yzdhqf/wish/836192517 The into was most definitely accidental 2 Emerald Ash Borers were caught in a cargo container headed for the US from Asia. The EAB (Emerald Ash Borer) is killing millions of ash trees, and it arrived sometime in the 1990's.

https://ohiostate.pressbooks.pub/sciencebites/chapter/the-attack-of-the-emerald-ash-borer-in-the-united-states/]]> 2020-10-16 16:31:46 UTC https://padlet.com/3626090/45h6sd6eq6yzdhqf/wish/836192517 What was the EAB impact on the ecosystem? 3626090 https://padlet.com/3626090/45h6sd6eq6yzdhqf/wish/836216438 The EAB impacted their new ecosystem by killing millions of tree and expected to kill every ash tree in North America, although we found new ways to kill them to prevent the spread introducing traps, quarantining the transfer of new firewood, decoys, and new predators.

https://ohiostate.pressbooks.pub/sciencebites/chapter/the-attack-of-the-emerald-ash-borer-in-the-united-states/]]> 2020-10-16 16:37:48 UTC https://padlet.com/3626090/45h6sd6eq6yzdhqf/wish/836216438 How can we prevent more invasions from this organism? 3626090 https://padlet.com/3626090/45h6sd6eq6yzdhqf/wish/836276231 We can prevent more invasions by switching away from solid wood packaging it brings in many bugs, restrict  other transportation

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