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title: "Emerald Ash Borer"
description: "Agrilus planipennis — Insecten en spinnen. The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis), also known by the abbreviation EAB, is a green buprestid or jewel beetle native to north-eastern Asia that feeds on ash species (Fraxinus spp.)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/emerald-ash-borer
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Emerald Ash Borer

> Agrilus planipennis — Insecten en spinnen. The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis), also known by the abbreviation EAB, is a green buprestid or jewel beetle native to north-eastern Asia that feeds on ash species (Fraxinus spp.).

- Scientific name: *Agrilus planipennis*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 10201
- Wikidata: [Q1960177](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1960177)
- iNaturalist taxon: [70057](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/70057)

## Names

- en: Emerald Ash Borer
- de: Asiatischer Eschenprachtkäfer
- es: Barrenador Esmeralda del Fresno
- fr: Agrile eurasien du Frêne
- pt: Besouro-verde

## Countries with the most observations

US (4399), CA (1499), UA (80), RU (75), CN (4)

## Summary

The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis), also known by the abbreviation EAB, is a green buprestid or jewel beetle native to north-eastern Asia that feeds on ash species (Fraxinus spp.). Females lay eggs in bark crevices on ash trees, and larvae feed underneath the bark of ash trees to emerge as adults in one to two years. In its native range, it is typically found at low densities and does not cause significant damage to trees native to the area. Outside its native range, it is an invasive species and is highly destructive to ash trees native to Europe and North America. Before it was found in North America, very…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_ash_borer

## Photo

![Emerald Ash Borer](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/emerald-ash-borer/medium.jpg)

Photo: Schyler Brown · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/77181322

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/emerald-ash-borer?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).