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Anoplophora glabripennis (Asian Longhorned Beetle): APHIS Removes the Town of Holden in Worcester County, Massachusetts from the Quarantined Area
Anoplophora glabripennis (Asian Longhorned Beetle): APHIS Removes the Town of Holden in Worcester County, Massachusetts from the Quarantined Area
Country: United States
Title:
Anoplophora glabripennis (Asian Longhorned Beetle): APHIS Removes the Town of Holden in Worcester County, Massachusetts from the Quarantined Area
Contact:
David Gruchot, Assistant National Policy Manager, at 847-699-2421 or David.J.Gruchot@usda.gov
Report:
Effective immediately, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is removing 12.3 square miles from the Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis; ALB) quarantined area in Worcester County, Massachusetts. The area consists of the Town of Holden. APHIS determined that this area could be removed from the quarantine after the ALB Program completed final surveys of host trees. The northern portion of the Town of Auburn and the Towns of Boylston/West Boylston, Shrewsbury, and Worcester remain under quarantine. The attached Federal Order describes the quarantined area removed and includes the associated reference to 7 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) § 301.51 et. seq. that lists the provisions for the movement of ALB-regulated articles.
ALB is a destructive wood-boring pest that threatens 12 genera of hardwood trees, including maple, in North America. APHIS first discovered ALB in the United States in New York in August 1996. APHIS later detected ALB in areas of Illinois (1998), New Jersey (2002, 2004), Massachusetts (2008, 2010), Ohio (2011), and South Carolina (2020). After the completion of control and regulatory activities, and following confirmation surveys, APHIS declared ALB eradicated in Illinois (2008); Hudson County, New Jersey (2008); Islip, New York (2011); Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey (2013); Manhattan and Staten Island, New York (2013); Suffolk and Norfolk Counties, Massachusetts (2014); portions of Batavia, Monroe, and Stonelick Townships, Ohio (2018); Brooklyn and Queens, New York (2019); and a portion of Tate Township, Ohio (2025). Program activities continue in Worcester County, Massachusetts; Nassau and Suffolk Counties in New York; Clermont County, Ohio; and Charleston and Dorchester Counties in South Carolina.
The APHIS ALB webpage contains the full lists of ALB-quarantined areas and regulated articles. APHIS will publish a notice of this change in the Federal Register.
Under IPPC standards, Anoplophora glabripennis is a pest that is present: not widely distributed and under official control in the United States.
Posted Date: July 25, 2025, 12:59 p.m.