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First discovery in the US See Article: http://www.ocregiste...isson-tree.html Only a mile from my house. Yikes!

I found this on craigs list! http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/zip/1990408419.html Randy

Dave, the problem isnt the insect , its man. In its habitat the insect stays in balance with nature, the palm is adapted to attacks and if healthy doesnt die. It is programmed to attack sick and injured palms. Freshly trimmed CIDP,s with all that sap oozing out is irresistable. The insect goes into a feeding frenzy and eats a palm not adapted to cope with the attack. Man has introduced this pest to new unadapted species and man is cutting the leaves to release the sap that sends them into feeding frenzys.

Yes I have been to the botanical of Tana several times but there are only a few palm varieties there, compared the quantities growing! Joro just told me there are now 196 endemic palms here. So many different climates, it would be impossible to grow all of them here.

Boll weevil am a little black bug, Come from Mexico, dey say, Come all de way to Californiaaaaa Jus' a-lookin' foh a place to stay, Jus' a-lookin' foh a home, Jus' a-lookin' foh a home. De first time I seen de boll weevil, He was a-settin' on de square. De next time I seen de boll weevil, He had all of his family dere. Jus' a lookin' foh a home, Jus' a-lookia' foh a home. De farmer say to de weevil: "What make yo' head so red?" De weevil say to de farmer, "It's a wondah I ain't dead, A-lookin' foh a home, Jus' a-Iookin' foh a home."