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What is this on my sabal?

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Found this on the back of an otherwise healthy looking young Sabal. What is it and how do I stop it? Are these bugs? They're small enough I can't see them well so I used the phone to zoom in. I'm tempted to remove the frond but if this is just going to happen to more I'd rather treat it.

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Alberto Grand Master

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Looks like the "work" of one or another caterpillar species that probably lives inside this dry pup of leaves. Open it and remove the critter(s)

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Carambeí, 2nd tableland of the State Paraná , south Brazil.

Alt:1030m. Native palms: Queen, B. eriospatha, B. microspadix, Allagoptera leucocalyx , A.campestris, Geonoma schottiana, Trithrinax acanthocoma. Subtr. climate, some frosty nights. No dry season. August: driest month. Rain:1700mm

 

I am seeking for cold hardy palms!

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Thanks, Alberto! It was easily scraped off but then blew away with the wind before I could inspect it further. I hope that's the last I see of it. 

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Looks like palm leaf skeletonizer to me?

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