US EditionThe Fight to Save Hawaii’s Coconut Palms - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
HAWAII, AUG 9 – Hawaii's CRB Response uses insecticides and trained dogs to contain the invasive beetle killing palms, with over 144,500 beetles eliminated and $500,000 annual funding secured.
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The fight to save Hawaii’s coconut palms - West Hawaii Today
Across Hawaii, what looks like a bad haircut on the landscape is marking the slow death of the coconut palm, that icon of paradise. The culprit: the coconut rhinoceros beetle, a glossy, thumb-size scarab that bores into the crowns of palms to feed on sap. Today, all that stands between the beetle and a palm-poor Hawaii is a small team of scientists, field crews and grub-sniffing dogs.
The fight to save Hawaii’s coconut palms - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
Across Hawaii, what looks like a bad haircut on the landscape is marking the slow death of the coconut palm, that icon of paradise. The culprit: the coconut rhinoceros beetle, a glossy, thumb-size scarab that bores into the crowns of palms to feed on sap. Today, all that stands between the beetle and a palm-poor Hawaii is a small team of scientists, field crews and grub-sniffing dogs.
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