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Agrilus planipennis, more commonly known as Emerald Ash Borer, is a predacious beetle species that recently has made its way to the United States.  Specifically, the beetle has primarily settled in the Midwest, initially in Michigan and migrating outwards.  This foreigner would be rather harmless had it not be for its means for reproduction.  Emerald Ash Borer utilizes the flowering plants of the Fraxinus genus, or ash trees, for laying their larvae which inevitably lead to the trees' demise.