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...cruentatus are about 5 cm long and make a clucking sound
while boring in cabbage palms. These larvae are eaten, either
fried or raw, by native peoples of tropical America. A similar
species ( R. ferrugines) has threatened copra (dried coconut
meat) production in the Pacific because it attacks coconut and
wine palms. What made you want to look up "Rhynchophorus
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