Red Palm Weevils Can Fly 50 Kilometers in 24 Hours

Annapolis, MD; December 16, 2015 -- The red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) has been a pest of coconut palms in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines for a long time. More recently, it's become a pest of 40 different palm species in the Middle East and North Africa after it was found there in the 1980s. read more
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