New York City is declared free of Asian longhorned beetles
(World News USA)

Asian longhorned beetles have been eradicated in New York City, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a news release Thursday.“This officially marks the end of our 23-year long battle with this pest` in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, said Greg Ibach, USDA undersecretary for marketing and regulatory programs, in the release.The beetle was first detected in the United States in 1996 in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood. A short time [...] ......