Asian Long Horned Beetle attacks

This article from the New York Times states that a devastating insect, the Asian long-horned beetle, has reached America. Two workers for the USDA inspect these trees daily for signs of this retched insect, but they aren’t allowed to inspect indoors, where over half the trees in New York City are. The beetles work like drills, within the hole they create, they lay their eggs, which eat away the wood and they came to America by infested crates of goods. Our government has spent $2.4 billion dollars trying to er...