Surveillance of EAB: Established Collaboration

STOPDED/Alberta Agriculture and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) are actively surveying and monitoring for EAB across the province.

Their work and long-standing investments support municipal commitments for early detection and rapid response plans for EAB.

When populations are too low to detect, green and dark purple sticky prism traps are used as part of local surveillance efforts.

With attached patches of synthetically reproduced female pheromones to lure male beetles, they are easily captured and detected when technicians collect the traps throughout the summer. Another trap design, without use of the sticky residue applied to the prism traps, is a funnel trap designed to prevent escape.

You may see these traps setup high in ash tree canopies in cities across Alberta. Please do not disturb.