The Hawaii Board of Agriculture has approved rule changes to help control the spread of invasive species following about a 20 ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A coconut rhinoceros beetle has been found on Hawaii Island for the second time this year since April. The State Department of Agriculture caught the invasive bug in a ...

A coconut rhinoceros beetle was found in a trap in Waikoloa on Hawaii island, state agricultural officials said today. Here, a dead coconut rhinoceros beetle found in Kunia on Oahu is shown in 2023.

Sartore's lesser rhino beetle is dark reddish brown and measures 14.7 millimeters long and 7 millimeters wide (or slightly larger than half an inch by a quarter of an inch). Ratcliffe and Cave are ...

On Friday, the Advisory Committee on Plants and Animals recommended approval of a new interim rule that restricts the ...

The City and County of Honolulu has been surveying palm trees along the island’s shores to check for infestations. As a ...

The state has designated Oahu as infested by coconut rhinoceros beetles, which is triggering new restrictions.

Sartore’s lesser rhino beetle is known from one pinned specimen collected from Arani, Cochabamba, Bolivia in January 2002. Sartore said Ratcliffe recognized the beetle as potentially new to ...

Honolulu is removing infested palm trees due to the coconut rhinoceros beetle, with plans to plant new ones once the pest is ...

WAILUKU–A single coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB) has been found in a trap this week by the Hawai’i Department of Agriculture (HDOA) during routine monitoring in Waikoloa on Hawai’i island.

After an adult coconut rhinoceros beetle was found in Waikoloa last week, Big Island residents are once again urged to be vigilant when dealing with mulch and compost products. The state ...