PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - A tiny green beetle from eastern Asia that can have a devasting impact on ash trees has been found in new sites in northwest Oregon, according to the Oregon Department of Forestry.

The emerald ash borer (EAB) was first found in Oregon in 2022 at a school in Forest Grove. Officials say the larvae are known to eat tissues under the bark of ash trees, eventually killing infested trees.

ODF says the beetle showed up in traps in six new areas this summer; five of the sites were within the existing the EAB quarantine boundary.

The new sites are:

David Douglas Aquatics Center in the Hazelwood-Mill Park area in southeast Portland

Hazeldale Park about a mile west of Beaverton

Killin Wetlands Nature Park near Banks in western Washington County

Five miles northwest of t

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