Oh Shit sounds like Emerald Ash Borer
Researchers are putting up "traps" in northwest and central Ohio to track the movements of the emerald ash borer, reports the Detroit Free Press. The traps involve stripping bark from ash trees and then dousing the exposed wood with a "sticky substance," much like the technique used in flypaper and some mousetraps. Emerald ash borers arrived in Ohio in 2003 and researchers believe the bugs are moving south. Until now, though, predicting the ash borers' route has been somewhat of a guessing game.
The emerald ash borer could cripple the Midwest if left unchallenged. It targets green, white, and black ash trees and destroys all three varieties in two to three years, according to the U.S. Forest Service's North Central Research Station website. The bug came to Ohio via Michigan, and Ohio has put a ban on all ash trees from its northern neighbor. Other precautions in Ohio include quarantining infested "sites" and removing trees "in a half-mile circle," says Detroit Free Press. Trees from infested areas were not allowed to be transported out of those areas.
Even with all the precautions, the ash borer has surprised local researchers by appearing in droves near the Toledo Express Airport. "These infestations were there long before they were discovered," Dan Herms, a scientist with the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center told Detroit Free Press. But the ash borer will lose the element of surprise, if the traps are successful at capturing them