MALLORCA TODAY - Palm beetle destruction set to spread

The regional government environment ministry says that some 1,260 palm trees, almost all of them the spreading Phoenix variety, have been affected or destroyed by the palm beetle "plague" that has been centred on Pollensa but which has moved to Alcúdia and has a further centre in the south around Palma and Llucmajor. The ministry believes that the coming autumn could see a further spread of the beetle across the island.