UPDATE(!!) to this: I contacted Roland Quitigua (expert on the coconut rhino beetle on GU) personally & sent him pics of the trees. He assured me that although I saw some trees with boring holes in the trunks, it may just be another pest, the weevil. https://twitter.com/Lani4Pasifika/status/1158703983524900865 …
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There have been two instances of rhino beetles on Saipan so far but they were contained & did not spread!
The problem is being contained on Rota they're doing everything to keep it from spreading further.
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He will check out the trees I sent him pics of to be 100% sure (since it's not on my property I can't cut them down) but if you are ever in doubt to contact him with pics personally & send him GPS coordinates like I did ASAP. This is the best way they can keep pests contained.
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I don't apologize for my voice though. Citizens definitely care about this issue enough, so here's an easy way to recognize you have a coconut rhino beetle problem: 1) diamond-shaped leaf cuts (not jagged) and 2) quarter sized boring holes right below the crown of the palm tree.
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For anyone who wants to report a possible sighting or questionable tree, EMAIL quituquarj@triton.uog.edu with pics as soon as you notice damage, send GPS coordinates/location if possible, and CALL 671-735-2093. The number on his website link isn't his direct line just fyi.
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Boiii sames. The stress literally left my body after I spoke with him.
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He did say until he gets a closer look it's still not completely ruled out..gotta send him more pics of the trees tomorrow.
Hard to be an advocate when I'm here for such a short vacay
I was late for lunch w/ the parents bc I was trying to climb a damn trongkon niyok lmao.
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