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Kris

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Kris Grand Master

Kris

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Dear Friends,

Recently we had trimmed our mango tree,since it was growing too big for our house garden.And we felt that it would be very unsafe during monsoon rains accompanied with cyclone.We notice few holes in the trunk and it was losing sap gently.

And just now i noticed a huge bug or weevil moving away from this mango tree.

Iam sure its no 'HUMBUG'.How dangerous is this weevil and what is its name.So as i could tag it.

Are my palms in danger ? And also notice that our Sapota tree and one flowering Dicot tree has similar holes.Which is also due for trimming.

Few years now iam not concentrating much on my garden,due to family work.But it seems like a costly mistake that i made.

Here are the visuals.... :(

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I have taken a video of this Weevil,once i upload it.I will post it.

I think its bad news ? :hmm:

Thanks & Love,

kris.

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love conquers all..

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Phoenikakias Grand Master

Phoenikakias

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Man, what a nasty thing! I fear you will need a squadron of starship-troopers!! I think it resembles a bug from Japan that had sneaked accidentally in to the USA and now whole forests are in danger there.

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avanza Proficient

avanza

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Dear Friends,

Recently we had trimmed our mango tree,since it was growing too big for our house garden.And we felt that it would be very unsafe during monsoon rains accompanied with cyclone.We notice few holes in the trunk and it was losing sap gently.

And just now i noticed a huge bug or weevil moving away from this mango tree.

Iam sure its no 'HUMBUG'.How dangerous is this weevil and what is its name.So as i could tag it.

Are my palms in danger ? And also notice that our Sapota tree and one flowering Dicot tree has similar holes.Which is also due for trimming.

Few years now iam not concentrating much on my garden,due to family work.But it seems like a costly mistake that i made.

Here are the visuals.... :(

20131126_172115_zpsce867a0f.jpg

20131126_171434_zpsf51f1590.jpg

20131126_171420_zpsfa0c97c9.jpg

I have taken a video of this Weevil,once i upload it.I will post it.

I think its bad news ? :hmm:

Thanks & Love,

kris.

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Batocera rufomaculata (De Geer): Cerambycidae

It is widely distributed in Thailand and India feeding on more than 50 host plants including mango, avocado, caschew nut, mulberry tree, ruber, Ficus bonsai and durian. The damage is caused by the white grub of this beetle as it feeds inside the stems tunelling upward resulting in drying of branches and in severe cases feeding the main stem which may cause the plant die. Adult beetles, 35-50 mm in size, are stout and greyish brown in colour with dark brown and black raised spots at the basal 2/3 of the elytra. Eggs are laid either in the slits of tree trunk or in the cavities in main branches and stems covered with a viscous fluid. Full grown grubs are cream coloured with dark brown head and 90 x 20 mm in size. Pupation takes place within the stem. Beetle complete its life cycle in one year and the adult emerges in rainy season, i.e. July-August. The control measures are difficult to kill the larvae inside the trees. The infested branches should be removed and if necessary trunk injection can be applied. The protecting of young trees by dip irrigation with insecticides such as imidacloprid or cypermethrin can kill the young caterpillars and grubs.

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Alicehunter2000 Grand Master

Alicehunter2000

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Whoa.....

thats nasty Kris

David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

Kris Grand Master

Kris

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My Spl thanks to Konstantinos and Avanza(Jack) for letting me know what this Weevil is.

And David how are you doing.This summer i think i have lots of garden work to attend.

Thanks & Love,

kris,

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love conquers all..

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Kris Grand Master

Kris

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Here is a video of that BUG !

Love,

kris.

love conquers all..

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PalmnutVN

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They sound like a chainsaw when they are flying around the garden.

Lost a papaya tree to one, the stem simply snapped off just below the crown.

Not sure if this is the one responsible, however they are impressive beasties indeed.....

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Nick C - Living it up in tropical 'Nam....

 

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10°.57'N - 106°.50'E

Kris Grand Master

Kris

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Hi

this is the same bug in our garden.And yes it makes that kind of chainsaw noise during cool nights.

God my garden is in for trouble from these bugs.

kris.

love conquers all..

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avanza Proficient

avanza

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Thanks Kris :greenthumb:

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doranakandawatta Grand Master

doranakandawatta

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Wow ! I hope we don't have that in Doranakanda garden!

Kris, you can send us Bentinckia condapanna seeds from your mountains when you want but you can keep your weevil!

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Philippe

 

Jungle Paradise in Sri Lanka

 

DoomsDave Grand Master

DoomsDave

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It's a beetle, but not a weevil.

Weevils have a long snout with antennae on either side of it.

That said, that's likely just a technical distinction. The grubs are the ones that do the damage in both cases.

Hope you can keep it under control, Kris.

dave

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Kris Grand Master

Kris

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Kris, you can send us Bentinckia condapanna seeds from your mountains when you want but you can keep your weevil!

well said ! And you are a clever person.
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love conquers all..

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Kris Grand Master

Kris

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It's a beetle, but not a weevil.

Hope you can keep it under control, Kris.

dave

Thanks Dave.i will see what can be done.

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Carlos Madrid Apprentice

Carlos Madrid

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Here is a pic of red palm weevils that are killing my bismarck.post-15001-0-12927900-1439082743_thumb.j

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Kris Grand Master

Kris

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Hi Carlos,

Thats too many for a bismarkia... :mellow2:

love conquers all..

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doranakandawatta Grand Master

doranakandawatta

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OMG,

I am sorry for you having these monsters in your garden and I am afraid since I found one ugly red weevils on the soil of the garden last week, just below a coconut palm.

Our seedlings may have grown enough to become interesting for them now … :crying:

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Philippe

 

Jungle Paradise in Sri Lanka

 

Zeeth Grand Master

Zeeth

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Here is a pic of red palm weevils that are killing my bismarck.attachicon.gifimage.jpg

It seems that the native palmetto weevil uses the Bismarck as an alternative host in Florida. A nice one with multiple feet of trunk at the USF botanical garden was dead within a few months of infestation.

Keith 

Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

Monòver Grand Master

Monòver

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In Spain, the red weevil is kiling bismarkias.

Well, Bismarkias, phoenix, raveneas, washintonias, livistonas.

Every palms are good for this monster.

Cluster Mentor

Cluster

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In Portugal they only seem to be killing the CIDPS? Maybe it is not the same weevil?

Keith N Tampa (ex SoJax) Veteran

Keith N Tampa (ex SoJax)

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Here is a pic of red palm weevils that are killing my bismarck.attachicon.gifimage.jpg

Carlos, did you have them identified as red palm weevil? If so, that would be tragic discovery here in FL. Our native palmetto weevil looks a lot like the red Palm weevil.

Land O Lakes FL, a suburb on the North Side of Tampa, FL

Summers are great, 90f/32c in the day & 70f/21c at night with plentiful rain & sun

Winters are subtropical with occasional frosts and freezes. Tropical cyclones happen.

We have a few Royal palms in the warm microclimates but Coconuts freeze.

I am a Kayaker, Hiker, Bicyclist, and amateur Photographer that loves the outdoors.  

Monòver Grand Master

Monòver

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In Portugal they only seem to be killing the CIDPS? Maybe it is not the same weevil?

It is the same red weevil than Portugal.

We have other black weevil, but only kills yuccas, Agaves,Dragos,...

Red weevil loves the CIDPS, but i have seing a few in P.dactylifera, P. Roebelini,Ravenea rivularis, Bismarckia, washintonia robusta and filifera, and livistona australis.

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