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Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Response Team discuss the impacts of the invasive pest

City officials join the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Response Team to discuss the impacts of this invasive pest on palms in City parks, as City arborists remove several infested coconut trees at 66-449 Haleiwa Road, Haleiwa.

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Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation Division of Urban Forestry Administrator Roxanne Adams, Keith Weiser of the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Response Team, and Nate Serota with the Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation.  Arisa Barcimas, with coconut rhinoceros larvae. She is with Rhinoceros Beetle Response Team.
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Display of rhinoceros beetles.
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Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation Division of Urban Forestry Administrator Roxanne Adams.
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Keith Weiser of the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Response Team.  
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City & County workers pull apart palm trees to find beetles.
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Nate Serota with the Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation.  
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Workers cutting down trees.
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City & County worker with rhinoceros beetle.
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Rhinoceros beetle found in North Shore coconut tree.
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Worker rips apart trees with a chain saw.
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Workers carrying coconut tree to inspection.
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Workers cutting down trees.
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City & County workers inspect palm trees to find beetles.

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