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Asian longhorned beetle

Bye-bye beetle: Chicago rid of Asian longhorned beetle

Filed by Erin Halasz on Apr 21, 2008 10:22 PM

When Asian longhorned beetles were discovered in Ravenswood in 1998, George Toma was 4.

"I just saw guys with chainsaws all around," said Toma, now 14. "I wasn't sure what was going on."

Soon, he knew. All of the trees on his block were gone.

So when Ald. Gene Schulter (47th) announced Thursday that the pesky, tree-killing bug officially has been eradicated from Illinois, Toma and his neighbors cheered.

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Location: Lakeview

Tags: chicago, Ravenswood, 60625, trees, Asian longhorned beetle, insect, infestation, eradicated,

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