RED PALM WEEVIL VIDEO - Part Two

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RED PALM WEEVIL VIDEO ( Part 2 )

View the Algarve Channel 5 documentary film on the Red Palm Weevil. This is a beetle that is threatening the health of many Palm Trees in the Algarve. The second part of this series talks about the environmentally friendly product that can be used to combat the beetle, the cleaning process of the tree as well as the how the product is applied.
View video on the Algarve Channel 5 main page: http://www.algarvechannel5.com

[Lesley Jean]

This might well be wrong information but we were told that it seems it is only the male trees (the ones which don't produce the fruits) that are being affected by the 'bug' Does anyone know if this is true??? ours is a female and is such a feature in our garden that I would hate to loose it

[martin]

one poster called victoria on expats portugal wrote this and I quote


"The red palm weevil
(Rhynchophorus ferrugineus)
is known to attack
20 palm species worldwide -

Agave americana, Areca catechu, Arenga pinnata, Borassus flabellifer, Caryota maxima, C. cumingii, Cocos nucifera (coconut palm), Corypha gebanga, C. elata, Elaeis guineensis, Livistona decipiens, Metroxylon sagu, Oreodoxa regia, Phoenix canariensis, P. dactylifera (date palm), P. sylvestris, Sabal umbraculifera, Saccharum officinarum, Trachycarpus fortunei and Washingtonia"

[martin]

anyway if your trees are affected at least you wont need to run down to the store for food

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDlVAn5V ... re=related

[martin]

interesting artice here (the bugs are still flying, my trap has caught 30 in last month)

see here

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... trees.html