Appearance: Black or dark brown. Instead of its hard casing being as smooth as a polished car hood – like many beetle species – S. rugosum's body is covered with bumps, giving it a rugose appearance, ...
The palms along much of Oahu’s North Shore are losing their fronds and dying, a harbinger of the fate of others on the rest of the island. The same is happening in Pupu­kea, where residents are ...
CRB eggs resemble small white balls. Once hatched, the tiny, pale grubs grow up to 2-1/2-inches long with a strong, black exoskeleton adorned with a rhinoceros-­like horn and fuzzy underbelly. Their ...
CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA @STARADVERTISER.COM City arborists Monday removed several infested coconut trees at 66-449 Haleiwa Road. 1 /6 CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA @STARADVERTISER.COM City arborists ...
An invasive beetle is decimating Hawaii's palm tree population, and efforts to stop the destruction of thousands of trees have been nearly impossible. The coconut rhinoceros beetle is an invasive ...