Chipembenene, icho California Department of Food & Agriculture (CDFA) inoona se "chipembenene chakaipisisa chemiti yemichindwe pasi rose," chakawanikwa munzvimbo yeLaguna Beach, vakuru vakuru vehurumende vakazivisa musi waOctober 18. Vakataura kuti iyi ndiyo yekutanga-yekutanga kuonekwa kwezvipembenene zvepalm palm (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) muUnited States.
Chipembenene cheSoutheast Asia chakapararira munzvimbo dzese dzepasi, kusanganisira Africa, Middle East, Europe neOceania. Iyo yepedyo yakasimbiswa yakaonekwa kuUnited States yaive muDutch Antilles uye muAruba muna 2009.
Mumwe mugadziri wenzvimbo munzvimbo yeLaguna Beach akatanga kutaura nezvechipfukuto chitsvuku kune zviremera, zvichiita kuti vakuru venzvimbo, vehurumende nevehurumende vasimbise kuvepo kwacho, vakaita ongororo yeimba neimba uye vakateya misungo mazana maviri nemakumi mashanu kuti vaone kana "infestation" iripo. Vamwe vanokurudzirwa kuti vataure mhirizhonga nekufonera CDFA Pest Hotline pa250-1-800-491.
Kunyange zvazvo michindwe mizhinji isiri yekuzvarwa kuCalifornia, indasitiri yemiti yemichindwe inogadzira mari inosvika madhora 70 miriyoni mukutengesa gore rega uye varimi vemichindwe, zvakanyanya kuwanikwa muCoachella Valley, vanokohwa $30 miriyoni inokosha gore rega rega.
Heino kuparadza kwechirwere ichi, chakatsanangurwa neCDFA:
Zvipfukuto zvikadzi zvitsvuku zvemuchindwe zvakaboorera mumuti wemuchindwe kuita buri razvinokandira mazai. Hadzi imwe neimwe inogona kukandira avhareji yemazai mazana maviri nemakumi mashanu, ayo anotora anenge mazuva matatu kuchochonya. Makonye anobuda uye mugero akananga mukati memuti, achidzivirira kugona kwemuti kutakura mvura uye zvinovaka muviri zvichikwira kumusoro kune korona. Mushure memwedzi ingangoita miviri yekudyisa, makonye anomera mukati memuti kweavhareji yemavhiki matatu vanhu vakuru vakatsvuka-ruvara vasati vabuda. Vakuru vanorarama kwemwedzi miviri kusvika mitatu, panguva iyo vanodya pamichindwe, vanobatana kakawanda uye vanokandira mazai.
Zvipfukuto zvakura zvinoonekwa sezvifeve zvine simba, zvichienda kure nehafu yekiromita kutsvaga miti inotambira. Nendege dzinodzokororwa kwemazuva matatu kusvika mashanu, zvipfukuto zvinonzi zvinokwanisa kufamba makiromita mana nehafu kubva panzvimbo yazvo. Ivo vanokwezvwa nekufa kana kukuvara kwemichindwe, asi vanogona zvakare kurwisa isina kukuvadzwa miti yevaenzi. Zviratidzo zvechipfukuto nemaburi ekupinda kwegonye zvinowanzonetsa kuona nekuti nzvimbo dzekupinda nadzo dzinogona kuvharwa nenhungirwa neshinda dzemiti. Kunyatsoongorora michindwe yakabatwa inogona kuratidza maburi mukorona kana hunde, pamwe pamwe chete nemvura inoyerera yebrown uye yakatsenga fiber. Mumiti yakazara zvakanyanya, zvipfukuto zvakadonha uye zvipfukuto zvakafa zvinogona kuwanikwa pazasi pemuti.