New Jersey trees are being attacked by brightly colored bugs known as the Emerald Ash Borer. The State Department of Agriculture was prompted to issue a warning to prevent trees from any further damage caused to the tress by the exotic bugs.

The bugs are brightly colored and attacked ash trees near a Bridgewater strip mall. "The adults lay eggs on a trees, the eggs hatch, the larvae bore into the tree and just underneath the bark of the tree and they create galleries as they feed and get larger and large", said Joseph Zoltowski, NJ Department of Agriculture.

Residents need to be extra careful as these bugs are heading the first time to New Jersey. University of Missouri Extension said emerald ash borers destroy native North American ash trees. Discovery of emerald ash borer happened near Wappapello Lake in the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers' Greenville Recreation Area in Wayne County, Missouri, in July of 2008.

The bugs spread to Reynolds, Madison and Platte counties by December 2012. Emerald ash borers leave a 'D'-shaped exit hole on an ash tree. Resource Forester Greg Cassell said one of the best remedies to deal with the bug is to inject or pour a chemical treatment around the tree. The chemical treatment costs lesser than cutting the tree down. However, the problems with some chemical treatments are their potential to cause harm to other areas of wildlife.