Khalid The article is reporting palm weevil in Curacao but it has been in the Caribbean since the 1960s - in Trinidad, where it is implicated in the spread of...

Dear Dr. Hugh Harries, The vector of red ring disease caused by nematode, Bursaphelenchus cocophilus, is Palm weevil, Rhynchophorus palmarum. This species is ...

Dear Vidyasagar The picture posted in the Willemstad report appears to be that of RPW - but the photo was not from Curacao! A Google image search for...

Dear all! The chances for the presence of RPW are very high there I got a request around 2 years ago from an importer of palms. They importet palms from Egypt...

Benedikt If I understand you correctly, someone sent thirty date palms from Egypt to Curacao? Why? Who? More details, please? Hugh...

Dear Hugh! Yes, you understood right. It was also a surprise for me that they transport over such a long distance. A similiar case exist with a hotel complex...

Dear All, From the information provided, the weevil in the Caribbean is RPW. We agree with the comments of Dr. Benedikt that landscapers in several counties...

Dear All We have deviated quite a bit away from our main topic of discussion.  Here the point we want to know is whether the report of R. ferrugineus from...

http://www.redpalmweevil.com/newlook/RPWReport/Caribbean.htm <http://www.redpalmweevil.com/newlook/RPWReport/Caribbean.htm> ... Here the point we want to know...