Dying Palm Trees of Sicily

The palms have always been such a striking feature of the landscape. However, an African beetle made its way over here. The pest burrows in from the top of the tree, and starts eating away. Before long the fronds die and the trunks fall. Most that are infected are being cut down to prevent their falling onto someone or something. Current link about the situation that is affecting all of Italy is here. I will post more pictures later where the fronds are dying or dead. Sad.



Before/after