Cornell entomologist E. Richard Hoebeke, an expert on this and related pests, has received a USDA grant to travel to Asia to learn more about the beetle. Here are some of our stories about his research.

• 1996: The first Asian long-horned beetle is discovered in Brooklyn
• 1997: Asian long-horned beetles found in Amityville, NY
• 1997: Sacramento first-grader's beetle lands in Cornell collection
• 1998: Cornell entomologist Hoebeke receives USDA grant to study the beetle in Asia
• 1998: Pine sawyer beetle infestation averted by alert contractor

Left: An Asian long-horned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis, on a cross-section of a tree it has damaged. The large holes the beetle creates inhibit the tree's vascular system and ultimately kill the tree. A high-resolution copy of this photo (1500 x 988 pixels, 1.4 MB) is available here.(Color slide also available.) Below: E. Richard Hoebeke examines the Asian long-horned beetle.

You may be interested in these other stories about entomology research at Cornell:

• Studies of the tiger beetle (Cicindelidae) show why it chases prey in a stop-and-go pattern: it goes blind when it moves too fast
• Male fire-colored beetles (Neopyrochroa flabellata) secrete a sex attractant that females use to protect their eggs
• The viburnum leaf beetle (Pyrrhalta virburni) is chewing its way through ornamental bushes in upstate New York
• Some good beetles: Galerucella pusilla and G. calmariensis are helping to control purple loosestrife, a weed that chokes wetlands
• "Unidentified" bog beetle (Platynus indecentis) discovered and named in Cornell insect collection
• Afraid of spiders? This course will cure you
• Brownbanded cockroach and long-horned beetle sex attractant synthesized
• Some background on the Integrated Pest Managment (IPM) program
• Cornell researchers seek ways to combat the onion bulb mite
• Protein helps biocontrol virus attack an insect's gut
• Cornell entomologists study threat to bee, pollination industries

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