ʻO kahi pest, i manaʻo ʻia e ka California Department of Food & Agriculture (CDFA) he "ʻino loa o ka honua i nā lāʻau pāma," ua loaʻa ma ka wahi o Laguna Beach, ua hoʻolaha nā luna mokuʻāina ma ʻOkakopa 18. Ua ʻōlelo lākou ʻo ka mua kēia- ʻike mau ʻia ka weevil pāma ʻulaʻula (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Ua laha ka ʻiniko maoli o ʻAsia Hikina Hema ma nā wahi o ka honua, me ʻApelika, ka Middle East, ʻEulopa a me Oceania. ʻO nā ʻike kokoke loa i hōʻoia ʻia i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma Dutch Antilles a ma Aruba i 2009.
Ua hōʻike mua kekahi mea hana ʻāina ma ka ʻāina ʻo Laguna Beach i ka weevil pāma ʻulaʻula i nā luna, e koi ana i nā luna kūloko, mokuʻāina a me nā luna aupuni e hōʻoia i kona ola ʻana, e hana i kahi noiʻi puka i kēlā me kēia puka a hoʻonoho i 250 mau pahele e hoʻoholo ai inā loaʻa kahi "infestation" maoli. . Paipai ʻia nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e hōʻike i nā maʻi i manaʻo ʻia ma ke kelepona ʻana i ka CDFA Pest Hotline ma 1-800-491-1899.
ʻOiai ʻo ka hapa nui o nā lāʻau pama a pau ʻaʻole ia he kamaʻāina ʻo Kaleponi, ʻo ka ʻoihana lāʻau pāma e hoʻopuka ana ma kahi o $70 miliona ma ke kūʻai ʻana i kēlā me kēia makahiki a me nā mea kanu lāʻau lāʻau, ʻike nui ʻia ma ke awāwa ʻo Coachella, ʻohi $30 miliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
Eia ke ʻano o ka pōʻino o ka pest, i wehewehe ʻia e ka CDFA:
Hānau ʻia nā wīwī pāma ʻulaʻula wahine i loko o ka lāʻau pāma e hana ai i lua e waiho ai i nā hua. Hiki i kēlā me kēia wahine ke hoʻomoe i ka awelika o 250 mau hua, a ʻekolu mau lā e paʻa ai. Puka aʻela nā ʻōniu i loko o ka lāʻau, e keʻakeʻa ana i ka hiki o ka lāʻau ke lawe i ka wai a me nā meaʻai i luna i ka lei aliʻi. Ma hope o ʻelua mahina o ka ʻai ʻana, e hoʻopā ʻia nā larvae i loko o ka lāʻau no ka awelika o ʻekolu pule ma mua o ka puka ʻana o nā pākeke ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula. Noho ka poʻe mākua no ʻelua a ʻekolu mahina, ʻo ia ka manawa e hānai ai lākou i nā pāma, hoʻopā pinepine a waiho i nā hua.
Manaʻo ʻia nā weevils makua he mau lele ikaika, e ʻimi ana ma mua o ka hapalua mile e ʻimi i nā kumu lāʻau hoʻokipa. Me ka holo mau ʻana ma luna o ʻekolu a ʻelima mau lā, hiki i nā weevils ke hele ma kahi o ʻehā a me ka hapa mile mai ko lākou kahua paʻa. Hoʻokomo ʻia lākou i nā lāʻau make a ʻeha paha, akā hiki ke hoʻouka i nā lāʻau hoʻokipa ʻole. He paʻakikī ke ʻike pinepine ʻia nā hōʻailona o ka weevil a me nā puka komo larval no ka mea hiki ke uhi ʻia nā wahi komo i nā lālā a me nā lālā lāʻau. Hiki i ka nānā pono ʻana i nā lāʻau pāmaʻi ke hōʻike i nā puka ma ka lei aliʻi a i ʻole ke kumu, me ka wai ʻeleʻele e kahe ana a me nā lau nau. I nā lāʻau i hoʻopilikia nui ʻia, ʻike ʻia nā maʻi pupal hāʻule a me nā weevils makua make ma ke kumu o ka lāʻau.