Bugs Ash Home Stay Away

[Queso]

Do bugs stay away from ash?

Or is this a myth?

[Cedars]

Lots of leaf eaters use the ash as host but it seems the ash has very few borers as pests.

 

Borers: clearwing borers, Family Sessidae, Order Lepidoptera

 

Two native insects:

Lilac/Ash Clearwing Borer

Hosts:

lilac, privet, most ash

 

Banded Ash Clearwing Borer

Hosts:

lilac, privet, most ash

 

Some good pics on second page:

http://ashalert.osu.edu/nativepests.asp

 

And one exotic:

Emerald Ash Borer

 

Seems this one is causing alot of problems in one particular area

 

http://www.emeraldashborer.info/

http://www.na.fs.fed.us/fhp/eab/

 

If its not wood damage your thinking of, heres a link to a list of Minnesota trees and pests, that lists a wider variety of pests and hosts:

http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/horticulture/DG0704.html