First red palm weevil found in the UK

Red palm weevil has intercepted by APHA after a customer at a garden centre in Essex handed in the pest, which had been imported in a consignment from an EU country.

by Matthew Appleby
Red palm weevil - image: APHA
Red palm weevil - image: APHA

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