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From the Department of Gardens of the City of Jumilla will be performed at night the next Monday 19 and Tuesday 20 September a new treatment against red palm weevil, with which it is expected to treat several palm trees in the city.
The purpose of these treatments is to keep this pest at bay, slowing the reproduction of the insect, because the female is capable of laying 300 to 400 eggs.
Damage caused by such a high population are so severe that end the life of the palm, as the larvae always remain within the palm, which are feeding, while adults are responsible for reproductive multiplication and colonization new copies, as they have ability to maintain sustained flights of four ycincokilómetros.
The first plague of red palm weevil in Jumilla was detected nine years ago in several close to the Red Cross headquarters in Jumilla copies.
Since then, from the Department of Gardens of the City of Jumilla it has taken a comprehensive pest control to file with various treatments, and even surgery works affected individuals.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla
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