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Dan May 19, 2015 Agri View, Alabama, Florida, General, Georgia

red palm weevil

red palm weevil

Everett Griner talks about another destructive imported insect in today’s Agri View.

The red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferruginous, is a species of snout beetle also known as the Asian palm weevil or sago palm weevil.

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