From UCR
Beware that evil weevil, say experts in Riverside, who last week brought together scientists and growers in an emergency meeting to discuss prohylactic measures that need to be taken to prevent a widening infestation of red palm weevils (as shown in photo at right). The nasty bugs, considered one of the planet's most damaging pests to the palm trees that are so iconic in California, have been confirmed in a Laguna Beach discovery. Palm weevils, which bore fatal trees into their host trees' trunks, have flourished as plants get shipped and traded internationally. They can survive and thrive as eggs, larvae or pupae hidden in palms. Officials plan an education campaign, as well as a weevil eradication program.
Experts plan campaign against pest, a lethal killer of iconic Southern California flora
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