Every other day inside a lab on the third floor of the St. John Plant Science Laboratory building on the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus, doctoral student Kristen Gaines opens up a refrigerator ...
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 ...
LIHUE, Hawaii (KHON2) — The State Department of Agriculture has a request for Kauaʻi residents to check your compost bins. That’s after two coconut rhinoceros beetles were recently found near Līhuʻe ...
Rhinoceros beetles are one of the most popular large beetle species. It’s relatively easy to care for these fascinating and visually appealing insects. Their owners love them because of their ...
At 2 1/2-inches long and sporting large horns on the front of its head, the coconut rhinoceros beetle is a remarkable-looking creature, but this lumbering giant of an insect is also a devastating pest ...
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," ...
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 ...
This image shows the coconut rhinoceros beetle larvae detected in plants shipped from Oahu to Lanai. Photo courtesy Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity Since May, officials report there have ...
HONOLULU (KHON2) – On Monday, a dead coconut rhinoceros beetle was found in a bag of compost at a big-box store on Maui leading to the question of what the status of this invasive pest is being that ...