The Great Outdoors: Nasty Little Blighters

You have seen Emerald Ash Borer mentioned here several times, but it is very seldom that you will see one of these little pests, even though there are billions and billions of them.  We have been splitting ash firewood, and a few of the nearly finished pupae have been rolling out from under bark as we work.  They are all of 1/2" long, but boy do they leave trails under the bark.  The trees are doomed when you girdle them under their bark by chewing away the cambium and sapwood.  Here is one of them, cradled in the palm of my hand. We have our work cut out for us this year, taking down dying ash trees and making firewood.