The invasive coconut rhinoceros beetle is so widespread on Oʻahu that efforts are focused on containment and management rather than eradication, but the neighbor islands are still fighting to prevent or limit its damage to their communities.
On Molokaʻi, community members are rallying to keep the palm-eating beetle away from the island — the only one where CRB hasn’t been detected.
They’ve signed and submitted a petition to get the state Board of Agriculture and Biosecurity to implement a temporary ban on the import of CRB’s potential breeding material…