Coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB; Oryctes rhinoceros [L.]; Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) grubs feed only on decaying vegetation and usually are found in dead standing coconut trees and decaying coconut debris on the ground. However, in Guam, a significant proportion of the CRB population develops in detritus caught within the crowns of live coconut palms. This habitat extension may be due to almost total absence of predation by insectivorous birds and mammals as a result of heavy predation by the brown tree snake, Boiga irregularis (Bechsterin) (Squamata: Colubridae).
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1 September 2015
Coconut Rhinoceros Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Develop in Arboreal Breeding Sites in Guam
Aubrey Moore,
Trevor Jackson,
Quitugua Roland,
Paul Bassler,
Russell Campbell
Florida Entomologist
Vol. 98 • No. 3
September 2015
Vol. 98 • No. 3
September 2015
brown tree snake
Cocos nucifera
culebra marrón de árbol
detritus
edad fisiológica
emergent weight
Oryctes rhinoceros