Coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB; Oryctes rhinoceros [L.]; Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) grubs feed only on decaying vegetation and usually are found in dead standing coconut trees and decaying coconut ...

Oryctes rhinoceros (L.) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) causes economically important damage to ornamental and commercial coconut palm trees in the western Pacific region that could be ...

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -- Within the last year, two new insect pests, the coconut rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros, or CRB) and the little fire ant (Wasmannia auropunctata, or LFA) have ...

In May 2008 the island of Guam became a living laboratory for scientists as they attached acoustic equipment to coconut trees in order to listen for rhinoceros beetles. In May 2008 the island of Guam ...

The coconut rhinoceros beetle continues to munch its way through the crowns of coconut trees on the northwest coast of Guam. Rhino hunters are ready to get tough with bio-control measures that will ...

IN general, the fat bodies of insects are distributed in two anatomical positions: they exist as a peripheral layer beneath the epidermis and a perivisceral layer surrounding the alimentary canal. The ...

The Office of Insular Affairs (DOI-OIA) of the U.S. Department of the Interior has awarded $239,994 to the University of Guam College of Natural and Applied Sciences in response to a grant proposal ...

Horns have evolved independently multiple times in scarab beetles, but distantly related species have made use of the same genetic toolkit to grow these prominent structures, according to a study ...

City arborists are continuing their battle against invasive coconut rhinoceros beetles by creating a barrier of treated palms in urban Honolulu. The Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation said ...

HAGATNA, Guam -- Guam's war against coconut rhinoceros beetles, which have ravaged many coconut trees, has become more challenging, an expert said. At stake in the battle against the beetles is the ...

In May 2008 the island of Guam became a living laboratory for scientists as they attached acoustic equipment to coconut trees in order to listen for rhinoceros beetles. A grant from USDA IPM allowed ...