United States Department of Agriculture

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

www.HungryPests.com

View the animated EAB lifecycle video at www.hungrypests.com/eab/video/ 

The Emerald Ash Borer Beetle (EAB) kills ash trees. 

It likes to hide under the bark of firewood. 

Help protect trees, and remind your family: 

burn firewood where you buy it.

Stop the EAB!
United States Department of Agriculture

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

www.HungryPests.com

View the animated EAB lifecycle video at www.hungrypests.com/eab/video/ 

Don’t Be Fooled...

YOU can help protect the trees in your community. Remind your family: 

Don’t move firewood ... burn it where you buy it. 

The Emerald Ash Borer Beetle (EAB) may look beautiful – 

but it’s a bad bug! It kills ash trees. 
United States Department of Agriculture

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

www.HungryPests.com

View the animated EAB lifecycle video at www.hungrypests.com/eab/video/ 

Stop the Hidden EAB

You can’t see the 

Emerald Ash Borer Beetle (EAB)

when it is hidden under the bark ... 

but see if can find the EAB words 

hidden inside this grid! 

Word List:

n Adult 

n Ash 

n Beetle 

n Borer 

n Burn 

n Buy 

n EAB

n Egg 

n Emerald 

n Family 

n Firewood 

n Help 

n Larva 

n Message 

n Move 

n Pupa 

n Spread 

n Stop 

n Tree 

n USDA 

n You 

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United States Department of Agriculture

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

www.HungryPests.com

View the animated EAB lifecycle video at www.hungrypests.com/eab/video/ 

WE WANT YOU:

To make your own ash tree ID poster! Follow this 

grid to redraw the ash leaf in a larger size.

Color it in ... and spread the word to protect ash 

trees from the Emerald Ash Borer Beetle (EAB)!

Help USDA in its efforts to STOP the EAB. 

It hides under the bark and destroys ash trees.

Don’t move firewood ... burn it where you buy it!
United States Department of Agriculture

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

www.HungryPests.com

View the animated EAB lifecycle video at www.hungrypests.com/eab/video/ 

Dot-to-Dot Detective!

Something bad might be hiding under the bark of your firewood! 

Connect the dots to see ...

This tiny pest can destroy ash trees ... but YOU can help stop 

the Emerald Ash Borer Beetle (EAB). Tell your family: 

Don’t move firewood – burn it where you buy it! 

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United States Department of Agriculture

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

www.HungryPests.com

View the animated EAB lifecycle video at www.hungrypests.com/eab/video/ 

Can you follow the Emerald Ash Borer Beetle (EAB)’s life cycle? 

The female EAB lays an egg . When the egg hatches, a larva emerges. The 

larva burrows into the tree, where it begins to feed and develop under the bark. 

As it feeds, it makes S-shaped tunnels that damage the tree. Eventually the 

larva turns into a pupa and then an adult EAB . The adult EAB chews 

through the bark and escapes , leaving behind a D-shaped exit hole .

When the egg hatches, a larva emerges and burrows under the bark. 

Start the maze as a larva, and finish as an adult EAB. 

Good luck!

A Bug’s Life (Cycle)

YOU can help stop the EAB. Tell your family: 

Don’t move firewood ... and burn it where you buy it.
United States Department of Agriculture

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

www.HungryPests.com

View the animated EAB lifecycle video at www.hungrypests.com/eab/video/ 

The EAB is hard to spot in nature ... but don’t be fooled! 

They may be hidden, but they can kill trees if we don’t stop them. 

Can you find the Emerald Ash Borer Beetles (EABs) hidden in this picture?

There are 5 larva , 5 pupa and 5 adult EABs .

Undercover Beetles...

Remind your family: don’t move firewood!
The Emerald Ash Borer Beetle (EAB) is beautiful. 

But it is a bad bug that kills ash trees! 

My name is and 

I pledge to help USDA protect our trees.

[name]

, and inside The EAB destroys ash trees from the 

. outside eats leaves on the 

My favorite place to find trees is in

. [park, forest, neighborhood, yard]

The EAB “hitchhikes” from place to place by hiding 

under the bark of firewood. I promise to remind 

 

to burn it where they buy it!

[family, friends, scout troop, other]

Inside

To assemble your mini-book: 

• Cut along dotted line.

• Fold in half along horizontal line. 

Fold again along vertical line.

• Fill in the blank spaces. 

• Share your book to spread 

the word!

Help Write the Story and

Protect 

Our Trees!

United States Department of Agriculture

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

DON’T MOVE

FIRE W OOD

Protecting Our Trees 

from the EAB!

Egg

Larva

Pupa

Adult

Learn more about EAB at www.HungryPests.com

View the animated EAB lifecycle video at www.HungryPests.com/eab/video

The EAB starts as an egg and grows into a 

larva ... then a pupa ... and then an adult EAB. 

You can’t see an EAB under the bark, but the 

 trees in 

may be at risk!

[my town/state]