With, you knew it, Gabriella Epstein:
La Jolla Light, Palm weevil infestation hits tree on La Jolla Rec Center grounds
A palm tree on the La Jolla Recreation Center grounds is slated for removal after the city of San Diego confirmed it has been infested with the South American palm weevil.
The palm weevil — a type of beetle native to parts of Mexico, Central and South America and the Caribbean — has killed many trees in La Jolla in the past few years.
San Diego spokesman Benny Cartwright told the La Jolla Light that the city’s arborist has determined the tree at the Recreation Center “is safe, and removal is being scheduled following standard protocols.”
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Signatures of a weevil infestation are drooping fronds and a collapsed or tilting crown that turns brown in an umbrella-like appearance, according to Mark Hoddle, a biological control specialist and principal investigator at the UC Riverside Department of Entomology.
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