Red palm weevil : ✔️Remove and burn all wilting or damaged palms in coconut gardens to prevent further perpetuation of the pest.  ✔️Avoid injuries on stems of palms as the wounds may serve as oviposition sites for the weevil. Fill all holes in the stem with cement.  ✔️Avoid the cutting of green leaves. If needed, they should be cut about 120 cm away from the stem. ✔️Fill the crown and the axils of top most three leaves with a mixture of fine sand and neem seed powder or neem seed kernel powder

sawn leaves and trunks of palm trees palm that is infected by red palm weevil. Diseases of palm trees and radical treatment

Red Palm Weevil

Red palm weevil, sago worm (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) close up

Red palm weevil, sago worm (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) close up

Coconut trees decapitated by pests, likely the red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) or the coconut rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros). The damage highlights the threat to tropical ecosystem