abstract:The Ash Borer (Podosesia syringae), aka Lilac Borer, is a clearwing moth in the family Sesiidae. It is found throughout the United States east of the Rocky Mountains.
Lambert said businesses can still transport wood to mills in New York, which has emerald ashborer quarantines in counties that border Berkshire County.
Beginning March 1, no hardwood firewood, ash nursery stock or untreated ash lumber will be allowed outside Berkshire County, where the emerald ashborer was found last summer in trees in Dalton, a few miles from the New York border.