After a decade, CRB returns to urban Honolulu threatening landscape
KHON2 News
[{'start': '1.968', 'end': '6.039', 'text': "THURSDAY. MAY 1ST. THE COCONUT  RHINOCEROS BEETLE IS MAKING   ITS WAY TO TOWN. EXPERTS SAY   THE LAST SIGHTINGS OF THE   BEATLES NEAR WAIKIKI WAS 10   YEARS AGO. BUT NOW TREES IN   THE ALA MOANA AREA ARE SHOWING   SIGNS OF DAMAGE. NIKKI   SCHENFELD SPOKE WITH EXPERTS   AND HAS MORE.   >> THIS YEAR RESPONSE TEAM   SAYS IT HAS SPOTTED NEW DAMAGE   AT THESE PALM TREES HERE AT   ALANNA. AND ALTHOUGH THE   BEATLES DOESN'T PREFER AN   URBAN ENVIRONMENT, IT'S LIKELY   BROUGHT IN THE NEW DEVELOPMENT   AND LANDSCAPING AND IT'S NOT   GOING TO TAKE MUCH FOR IT TO   SPREAD THROUGHOUT HERE TO   WAIKIKI.   >> CRB HAS CHANGED THE   LANDSCAPE FROM WEST OAHU TO   NORTH SHORE AND NOW THEY'RE   EYEING TOWN. WE'RE EXPECTING   CRB TO SHOW UP IN TOWN. WE'RE   HOPING IT WAS GOING TO BE A   LITTLE BIT LONGER BEFORE IT   STARTED MAKING ITS WAY IN. BUT   UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S HERE.   >> HE SAYS IT CAN TAKE 6   MONTHS TO SEE THE DAMAGE LIKE   THE V'S AND 2 TO 3 YEARS UNTIL   YOU NOTICE HEAVY INFESTATION.   >> BUT THE BEATLES DON'T LIKE   TOWN TO BEGIN WITH.   >> THEY NEED MULCH PILES,   DECAYING STOMPS, DECAYING   PLANT MATERIAL TO GO THROUGH   THEIR LIFE CYCLE IN   SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS. AND THEY   ALSO NEED MOISTURE.   >> SINCE TONE IS MOSTLY   BUILDINGS AND PARKING LOTS,   IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO FIND A   BREEDING GROUND US. THEY'RE   BROUGHT IN WORKERS FOR NEW   DEVELOPMENT NEAR ALA MOANA   WERE SEEN PLACING TREES WITH   CRB DAMAGE. WE REACHED OUT TO   THE COMPANY FOR COMMENTS WHO   SAYS THE PROJECT MANAGER TOLD   THEM THEY ARE TREATING THE   TREES PRIOR TO DELIVERY AND   INSTALLATION FOR REACHED.   >> WAIKIKI FACTORY.   >> THAT WE HAVE CAUGHT BEATLES   IN WAIKIKI. AND IT'S UNCLEAR   WHETHER A BREEDING POPULATION   HAS ESTABLISHED THERE. BUT THE   ENDS WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE   GOT COUPLE PARK ON ONE SIDE   AND YOU'VE GOT SOME NATURAL   AREAS WITH ALAMO ON A PARK ON   THE OTHER SIDE.   >> IF THOSE PARKS HAVE SOME   ACCUMULATIONS AND STUMPS AND   THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU COULD   SEE SOME POPULATIONS ON EITHER   END. SO I THINK BEING REALLY   COGNIZANT OF HOW MUCH READING   MATERIALS AVAILABLE IN WAIKIKI   IS THAT'S GOING TO DICTATE A   LOT OF POPULATIONS OUT THERE.   THE CITY'S PARKS DEPARTMENT   SAYS TOWN HAS THE GREATEST   CONCENTRATION OF PALM TREES.   >> AND IT HAS TRIED DIFFERENT   TREATMENTS FROM NETTING TO   PESTICIDES. 2 INJECTIONS, BUT   THERE ARE MORE TREES THAN   WORKERS. WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF   HOMES IN OUR INVENTORY AND   IT'S REALLY LABOR INTENSIVE   THAT WE JUST CAN'T GET TO   EVERY SINGLE TREE.   >> BUT GETS INVESTED. REALLY.   THE CRB IS IS AHEAD OF A LOT   OF WHAT OUR EFFORTS ARE AT   THIS POINT. CRP DOESN'T CARE   ABOUT JURISDICTION. IT'S GOING   TO GO TO WHATEVER PAUL MCCANN   TO FEED AND FAST AND   ULTIMATELY KILL THE TREE. THEY   ALL SAY IT WILL BE A TEAM   EFFORT TO STOP THE BEETLE FROM   DESTROYING THE SCENERY."}]