New Approach of Beauveria bassiana to Control the Red Palm Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Trapping Technique.

]. Weevil infestation was first detected in Israel in the summer of 1999 in date plantations in the Jordan Valley, on the west bank of the Jordan River and in the northern area of the Dead Sea. RPW attacks young, soft trees that are less than 20 years old.

By José Graziano da Silva Thursday 07 March 2019. In Egypt, it was reported that the weevil has three generations per year, the shortest generation (first) of 100.5 days and the longest (third) of 127.8 days. by Asociacion RUVID In the parks and gardens, modification of the spraying irrigation system to avoid the wetting of palm base that creates a rot area favourable to the oviposition. Among notable insects damaging date palm, Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugienus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) appear to be one of cryptic insect rather difficult to manage by traditional approaches (El-Sufty et al., 2007; ). Hajjar MJ, Ajlan AM(1), Al-Ahmad MH. Different life stages of Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus. Introduction The Red Palm Weevil (hereafter RPW), Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier (Coleoptera; Dryophthoridae), is regarded today as the major pest of palm, attacking over 20 palm species belonging to 16 different genera worldwide [].

The Red Palm Weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus is an invasive exotic species and phytosanitary quarantine species which is present in Spain since 1995, when it was detected in Granada and Malaga.This insect, originally from the tropical regions of Asia and Polynesia, has extended continuously through other areas of the planet, colonising different species of palm trees.

Citation: Researchers study the flight pattern of the red palm weevil in order to set more efficient control measures (2014, July 4) retrieved 15 June This document is subject to copyright. Red palm weevil : The red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) or ferruginous curculionidae is an insect that lives at the expense of palm trees. red ring nematode mirrors that of its vector, the giant palm weevil, and the affected countries report palm crop loss of 10-15% or higher due to this nematode. Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) (Coleopetera: Curculionidae) The Situation: During August 2010, arborists removed a large dying Canary Island date palm (Phoenix canariensis) from a residence in the city of Laguna Beach, Orange County, California and reported finding adult weevils and weevil larvae with associated larval feeding damage in the top portions of the palm trunk. "Red palm weevils are notoriously difficult to detect — until it's too late," he says. Thus, the life cycle is about 4 months. Weevils are beetles belonging to the superfamily Curculionoidea, known for their elongated snouts.They are usually small, less than 6 mm (1 ⁄ 4 in) in length, and herbivorous.About 97,000 species of weevils are known. Summary [ hide ] 1 Symptoms and Damage 1 Other possible symptoms of red palm weevil … Saving the date palm from the Red Weevil. In total, around 100 million date palm trees are cultivated today, 60 percent of them in Arab countries. Researchers study the flight pattern of the red palm weevil in order to set more efficient control measures. 1985; Murphy & Biscoe 1999). Paper presented in the meeting on the Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, Muscat, Oman, 19-20 February, 2000 (abstract) Banu JG, Sosamma VK, Koshy PK, 1998.

While the two palm weevils R . Our initial surveys reveal that the pest species is present in date palm plantations on the north-eastern … Photos 1-6. It is considered to be the most destructive epidemic pest of palms, responsible for massive economic losses worldwide. In total, around 100 million date palm trees are cultivated today, 60 percent of them in Arab countries. We report on the first finding of a widespread exotic pest species, the red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on date palms Phoenix dactylifera L. (Arecaceae) on Socotra Island, Yemen.