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City arborists remove several infested coconut trees on Haleiwa Road. STAR-ADVERTISER / OCT. 7 In October city officials and a member of the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Response Team discussed the ...
HILO (HawaiiNewsNow) - The County of Hawaii has ramped up its investment to stop the spread of the coconut rhinoceros beetle as treatment efforts continue. The county awarded the Big Island ...
LIHUE, Hawaii (KHON2) — A Kauai councilmember is sounding the alarm on the coconut rhinoceros beetle, calling it an an “all hands on deck” emergency. She says the destructive beetle has been ...
The coconut rhinoceros beetle was first detected on Oahu in 2013, and has since been found in many neighborhoods on the island as well as on Kauai, Maui and Hawaii island.
Invasive coconut rhinoceros beetles have been detected in the Kona area, including near the airport, according to state officials. Hawaii County and the state Department of Agriculture say since ...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Efforts to combat the coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB) continue, especially after beetles were found in the Kona area last month. On March 3, the Big Island Invasive ...
A pair of adult coconut rhinoceros beetles were found Monday and Tuesday in Kailua-Kona. The second adult beetle was found Tuesday in a trap at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority ...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Two coconut rhinoceros beetles (CRB) were found on the Kona coast this week. According to the Big Island Invasive Species Committee (BIISC), a live adult beetle was ...
Hawaii is stepping up its efforts to stop the spread of the coconut rhinoceros beetle, an invasive species that "jeopardizes the economy, the entire ecosystem, agriculture and food security ...
Arisa Barcimas, with the Rhinoceros Beetle Response Team, held up a CRB larva. Inside the chopped palms, many living, golf ball-size beetles were found, then killed on-site — including a few ...