Abstract:The spatial pattern of Anoplophora glabripennis(Motschulsky) (Asian Longhorned Beetle, ALB) population was studied by geostatistical methods in three types of stands in China. The study stands represented: (1) a mixed stand of Populus alba var. pyramidalis and Acer negundo, (2) a pure stand of P.simonii×P.nigra var. italica, and (3) a mixed stand of P.alba var. pyramidalis and P.simonii×P.nigra var. italica. The incisions, frass holes and emergence holes all showed intense spatial aggregation in the mixed stand of P.alba var. pyramidalis and Acer negundo as well as in the pure stand of P.simonii×P.nigra var. italica, but in the mixed stand of P.alba var.pyramidalis and P.simonii×P.nigra var. italica they showed a random distribution. The spatial patterns of the incisions and frass holes were totally different in the mixed stand of Populus alba var. pyramidalis and Acer negundo: the incisions were spreading from the entire stand to the center of it, while the frass holes were spreading from the center of the stand to the entire stand. This result indicated that the beetles were capable of laying eggs on the trees with few incisions and with less damage. However, the number of the emergence holes was very low and showed only a few aggregation spots. The beetles spread from these spots to the entire stand. The trees in the edge of the pure stand of P.simonii×P.nigra var. italica were in good growth status but heavily damaged thus permeating light through their foliage. Gradually these trees withered, causing the incisions, frass holes and emergence holes to spread from the center of the stand to the entire stand. However, the incisions, frass holes and emergence holes had several scattered spots of distribution in the mixed stand of P.alba var. pyramidalis and P.simonii×P.nigra var. italica. On the basis of aggregation and scatter balance, they showed a random distribution, spreading from the center of the spot to the entire stand. The stand types affected the spatial patterns of the incisions, frass holes and emergence holes. Regarding the range of spatial dependence of the different types of stands, the number of incisions and emergence holes was higher in the mixed stand of P.alba var. pyramidalis and Acer negundo. than in the pure stand of P.simonii×P.nigra var. italica, but the number of frass holes was smaller. As far as the intensity of local spatial continuity in sampling is concerned, the number of incisions was higher but the number of frass holes and emergence holes smaller in the mixed stand of P. alba var. pyramidalis and Acer negundo than in the pure stand of P.simonii×P.nigra var. italica. This indicated that the damage caused by Anoplophora glabripennis was aggregated in the mixed stand of P.alba var. pyramidalis and Acer negundo and scattered in the pure stand of P.simonii×P.nigra var. italica.