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PALM-TREE PEST
The palm-tree pest (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) is an
insect that lives off of the palms.
In a palm weevil can be found under four different forms:
egg, larva, pupa (cocoon) and adult. Females lay eggs in
wounds hidden present in the specimen and not sealed, or
between the bases of leaves (preferably in date palm
shoots), which is very difficult to see because of their
size, 1 to 2 mm.
The eggs hatch larvae, ivory white to ocher without legs,
pear-shaped can reach 5 cm. long and live inside the trunk
and bases of the palms. These larvae when they reach their
final stage produced a cocoon made of brown fibers of the
palm, inside which pupate, and later in adult beetles.
Adults are red with black striped wings, head-neck ends,
its length ranges from 2 to 5 cm. and are usually found
behind the leaf bases.
In our climate, weevil needs three to four months to
complete the cycle from egg to adult, so you can expect at
least three generations per year. Taking into account that
the female can lay between 300 and 400 eggs, reproductive
capacity and hence colonization of this insect is
enormous.
Within a palm tree produce several generations of red palm
weevil, so at any time of year can be found in the same
manner described all of the insect.
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