Purple Traps Set to Monitor, Track Emerald Ash Beetle

Purple-colored boxes are being hung on trees throughout the country to track and monitor the spread of the Emerald Ash Beetle. The “traps” are not meant to catch the beetle, but are part of an $8 million USDA survey to monitor the spread of the insect population. To date, more than 50 million ash trees from Missouri to Quebec have been killed by the beetle. Read more (Northjersey.com).