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How To Get Rid Of Weevils In Palm Trees: A Simple Guide

Weevils in palm trees are the most common and harmful pests or insects found in sago palms mostly. These weevils absolutely damage the palm tree more than the other pests or insects do. To know how to get rid of weevils in palm trees, there is a need to ask and call pest control services. They can make you know about the treatment of the weevils for protecting the sago palms or other palms tree from it.


The hole on the stems or reddish brown liquid coming out of the hole and chewed-up fibers of the palm tree shows the weevil's attack on the palm tree. Also, in the last stage of damaged palm trees, when the leaf's color turns yellow then the palm tree gets infested from the inside and assumed to be dead.


Gardeners or forestry management even want to know how to get rid of weevils in palm trees. Some know the treatment and some don’t. So, to make them aware there are some ways that can be followed to get rid of weevils in palm trees such as follow:


  • The treatment includes many control methods to prevent the palm trees mostly sago palm from weevils like regular inspection or continuous checks on palm roots, woods or stems to detect the infestation.


  • One of the common ways or methods to get rid of weevils is to remove the damaged and harmful infectious wood from the palm trees.


  • Secondly, the way is to sprinkle or spray pesticides and insecticides in the right amount on a palm tree. Also, check if any of the mother or adult weevil hasn’t laid eggs or dug holes in the trees.


  • Another way is to remove the dead parts or damaged parts of the palm plants and trees from time to time while monitoring the tree or gardening them.

  • There is a need to sprinkle pesticides and insecticides on the soil of the palm tree even.

  • Good sanitation with burning, burying, and repelling the destroyed or infested material can reduce the chances of weevils from staying or occurring on palm trees.



  • Cut the leaves that are away from the stem to prevent the occurrence or movement of the weevils from the cut end.

  • Also, make your palm trees healthy that is make the seeds away from moisture and control weeds. Along with this, good sanitation and a good small amount of regular insecticides or pesticide spray can make the palm tree grow healthy. An unhealthy palm tree attracts weevils to attack the palm tree.


  • There must be no tunnels or trunks near the palm tree or passed with it as trunks or tunnels full of moss and germs or bacteria can also attract the weevils on the palm trees.

To know how to get rid of weevils in palm trees, contact us to know the methods of treatment for getting rid of weevils in palm trees. There is a necessity to detect this problem and get it solved. As it can restrict the growth of the palm tree, thus, providing harmful and unhealthy abstracts from it.


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