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The trees felled on Monday were still infested, with several beetles lodged between layers in the palms’ trunks. The average felled palm contained 20 to 30 beetles, Adams said.
Honolulu is working to protect palm trees from the invasive Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle by treating 800 palms and setting traps in local parks. Select whether each of the following should be a major ...
If you see workers injecting coconut palms at parks in Honolulu, don’t be alarmed — it’s part of a preventative treatment to protect the trees from the invasive Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (CRB).
“I have about 10 palm trees, different kinds,” she told the Honolulu Star-­Advertiser. “Five coconut trees I’ve already cut down because they were infested.” ...
Honolulu Council member Radiant Cordero is concerned the city’s stated goal to plant 100,000 trees by 2025 has fallen short of its mark.
Palms are tropical plants, and most aren’t native to Southern California. There are more than 2,500 species in many shapes and sizes. Some plants thought of as palm trees are actually cycads ...
Palm trees' woodless trunks allow them to bend in the wind Debris in the Baie Nettle area of Marigot on Saint Martin, after being devastated by Hurricane Irma, on September 12, 2017.