I believe what you are looking at is a wood wasp or horn tail. I have a pretty nice woodlot on the place so I follow the trends in invasive insects. This is a native species if I remember correctly and lays it's eggs in trees that are already dying. So while it might appear that the insect is killing the tree, they are more like maggots feeding on the corpse. Being native, not likely it is going to wipe out a native tree species either. HTH, lots more if you surf for it.
Think you need to look further for the cause of your tree deaths. I will tell you that it is my understanding that sugar maples do not live the longest. Most of the old ones on our farm are dying off from natural causes. If you have younger trees on the place that look healthy, could be you have no problem at all.
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