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Soak castor cake at 1 kg in 5 liter of water in small mud pots and keep them in the coconut gardens to attract and kill the adults.

Field release of Baculovirus oryctes inoculated adult rhinoceros beetle 15 beetles/ha reduces the leaf and crown damage caused by this beetle.

Application of green muscardine fungus, Metarrhizium anisopliae 5 x 10 11 spores / m 3 - spray 250ml Metarrizhium culture + 750ml water in manure pits to check the perpetuation of the pest.

The dispenser may be hanged in a plastic bucket having 2 liter of insecticide solution once in a week.

Set up Rhino lure pheromone trap 5 traps/ha to trap and kill the beetles.

Treatment will have to be repeated every six months.

Treat manure pits and other possible breeding sites with 0.01% carbaryl (50 % WP) on w/w basis.

Place phorate 10 G 5 g in perforated sachets in two inner most leaf axils for 2 times at 6 months intervals.

three to four balls) covered with fine sand, once in 45 days. (b) For seedlings, apply Naphthalene balls 10.5 g (approx. (a) Sevidol 8G 25 g + fine sand 200 g, which is to be done thrice in a year in April-May, September-October and December-January.

The topmost three leaf axils around the spindle may be filled with any of the following mixtures as a prophylactic measure:.

Set up light traps following the first rains in summer and monsoon period to attract and kill the adult beetles.

During peak period of population build up, the adult beetle may be extracted from the palm crown using GI hooks.Collect and destroy the various bio-stages of the beetle from the manure pits (breeding ground of the pest) whenever manure is lifted from the pits.Remove and burn all dead coconut trees in the garden (which are likely to serve as breeding ground) to maintain good sanitation.Adult: Adult beetle is stout, brownish black or black and has a long horn projecting dorsally from the head in male.Pupa: Grub pupates in earthen cells at a depth of 0.3 to 1 m.

Grub: Grub is stout, sluggish, white "C"-shaped with pale brown head and found at a depth of 5 to 30 cm.Egg: Oval creamy white egg in manure pits or decaying vegetable matter at a depth of 5 to 15 cm.Holes with chewed fibre sticking out at the base of central spindle.Fully opened fronds showing characteristic diamond shaped cuttings.The attacked frond when fully opened shows characteristic triangular cuts.Damage by the pest leads to 10 to 15% loss in yield. The adult beetle bores into the unopened fronds and spathes.Holes with chewed fibre sticking out in central spindle This is the only male that I have spotted, but I have taken many pictures of female specimens and I will make one of them the subject of another spotting.Pest population occurs round the year but population maximum during June – Sep coinciding with the onset of monsoon. This article has been rated as Start-Class on the. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. I placed it on a sheet of paper and took a photograph. This article is within the scope of WikiProject Insects, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of insects on Wikipedia. This beetle was spotted flying over our back wall and landing on the concrete floor of our carport. I am quite certain that the habitat of this male Oryctes rhinoceros is our backyard where there are a few Coconut Palms.

From this description, the above specimen is a male. There are two tubercles on the thoracic ridge." Wikipedia. Male is characterized by a rounded, shiny terminal abdominal segment whereas female has a relatively hairier 'tail'. Adults are dark brown to black in color with shiny dorsum. "The Asiatic rhinoceros beetle, coconut rhinoceros beetle or coconut palm rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros) is a species of rhinoceros beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.This large species has an average length of about 33 to 40 mm. Scarabaeidae Dynastinae Oryctes rhinoceros (Linnaeus, 1758).