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Keeping the emerald ash borer in check

At roughly the size of a pinkie fingernail, the emerald ash borer is almost cute.

But don’t be fooled by the beetle’s small size and metallic green-purple coat, ecologists say. The exotic beetle is one of the worst invasive species to ever infest the United States.

“It is certainly the most devastating, for more than a decade.

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