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What is this bug?

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    What kind of bug is this? Found several in a downed ash tree I cut up today and more while I was splitting? Any cause for concern? 70F46C47-062E-4CC7-ACA1-CB2601BF54E5.jpeg C373F8B2-55B5-4C49-AB1E-6DACA6355E85.jpeg 605EC1A0-2495-40FE-AAB3-7C1B0416A54B.jpeg
     
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    image.jpg image.jpg The tree has been severely attacked by something
     
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    I wouldn’t think so. It looks like eab has already had it’s way with that tree.
     
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    The frass and feeding galleries in the cambium layer just under the bark are a dead ringer for EAB, but that other boring beetle that went deeper into the tree is something else, equally as bad :picard:
     
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    Looks like you got it. Hopefully not a problem for the ash trees in my neighborhood. Neighbors have some pretty nice ones. This one came out of a stand of ash trees that I think are reasonably healthy. Gonna do a thread about the score when I get done for the evening
     
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    No doubt!
     
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    What a crappy answer...:D
     
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    No chit! :rofl: :lol:
     
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