Attract & Kill Control for the Red Palm Weevil
HOOK RPW attracts the male and female adults using an aggregation pheromone. A minimal dosage of toxicant in the formulation kills the weevils.
HOOK RPW attracts the male and female adults using an aggregation pheromone. A minimal dosage of toxicant in the formulation kills the weevils.
Scientific Name
Rhynchophorus ferrugineus
Common Name
Red Palm Weevil
Female red palm weevils (RPW) bore into the palm using its rostrum, then lays eggs into the palm. Weevils in the larval stage then decimates the palm and they can cause damage up to one meter long. All life stages of this weevil continually feed on the host palm until death.
Coconut palm, African oil palm, assai (acai) palm, sago palm, Canary Island date palm, date palm, sugar cane.
