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Madeira Island: Red Alert!!!

            The red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus is a large (5 cm) snout beetle which arrived on Madeira Island a few years back (2009) with disastrous consequences.
The female lays between 300 to 500 eggs near new shoots at the crown of the palm tree, the larvae burrow deep into the heart of the palm, up to a meter, weakening  and ultimately destroying it from within.
Treatment is expensive, many palm trees throughout the island, especially Phoenix canariensis, including some very tall, old specimens, have succumbed to this plague, having consequently had to be cut down to limit further infestation and for safety reasons.
   

Taken in: Portugal / Madeira / Funchal (show map)

Taken on: July 2, 2014

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Groups appears in: • An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles • Flying Insects more » • Insects and Spiders • Spectacular Insects • ALL ABOUT INSECTS & SPIDERS • Antennas+Six Legs=Insects (Contest now on) • Palm's pests and diseases | Plagas y enfermedades de las palmer « less

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III, f/5.6, 1/250 sec, 105mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens:	EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	105mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Partial
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh)
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