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Almost the entire damage is caused by the larvae that feed on the inner tissues of host palm near the crown or some part of the trunk region. In coconut the damage is towards the upper portion of trunk but in date palm the damage is more at the base of the trunk. The external symptoms producContact
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The infestation may be categorized into three damage stages such as, mild, medium and severe. The palm with mild damage will have small holes and oozing of brown viscous liquid. In the second stage, the palm will show clear indication of damage, with extrusion of chewed up fibers and badAbout
The Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Oliv (Curculionidae:Coleoptera) has assumed the status of a ubiquitous, major pest of economically important palms like coconut, date, oil palm in recent years. Originally hailing from India or South Asia this menace has spread to countries in Middle EPheromone Trapping
Attract and Kill Taking advantage of the adult weevils attraction to the fermenting liquids especially sap from the palm, a poisonous broth was used to bait and kill the weevils the past. This techniques was continuously refined and sugarcane baited traps were successfully used for collectionArabic & other languages
Now the blog is available with a language translator. This will help non-English visitors especially Arabic speaking people to have a quick translation and this will help the people in the Gulf countries, Middle East and also North African countries besides Spain and Portugal. I wish this blogWeevil Species & Dristribution
1. Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Oliv - Asia, Africa, Europe 2. Rhynchophorus palmarum (L) - Mexico, Central and South America 3. Rhynchophorus cruentatus (F) - Florida, the coast of south-eastern USA, South Carolina to Texas 4. Rhynchophorus vulneratus Panz
