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Management of Red Palm Weevil
1. Preventive methods: The prophylactic or preventive methods are meant to delay or prevent the entry of the palm weevil into new gardens, locations, or regions. For this purpose most vulnerable stages of the palms are treated with pesticides, cultural practices like leaf cutting are modified, phyPheromone 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 collectionNew Report of Pest from Curacao
A very interesting story is developing on the first report of Red Palm Weevil from Willemstad, Curacao, Caribbean. This report of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus from Curacao has generated quite a bit of discussion and controversy. Hugh has commented and questioned the veracity of the R. ferrugineus sAlbum Pics
Eggs Early instar larvae Middle instar grub in partially fed sugarcane bits Pupa (fibrous cocoon removed) Rearing in sugarcane bits Rearing adults (split sugarcane bits removed) Damaged coconut palm cut to show exit hole marks DMonitoring of pest
Coconut palm monitoring: The palms in the age group of 5-20 years should be regularly surveyed for identifying any infestation. This has to be done atleast once in a month. Date palm monitoring: In date palm gardens, young palms should be checked thoroughly. Palms with offshoots on the stem shRed Palm Weevil Videos
Biocontrol agents
In nature there are some predators like earwigs which feed on the loose eggs. However, there are no biocontrol agents capable of reducing the pest population. Several laboratories have tested and tried to introduce biocontrol agents like entomopathogenic nematodes, fungal pathogens etc., but wi
