Adult beetles can fly long distances in their 40-day life span to lay eggs. None Safe, healthy community trees. Preservation of maples in the Northeast.
Females chew through tree bark to lay eggs.
Hatched larvae tunnel through trees for 10-30 cm. New adults exit trees through 6-18 cm. In 1997, residents of Greenpoint and Amityville, New York, paid a heavy price when many of their community's trees were removed due to Asian long-horned beetle infestation.