Killer bug behind coconut plague identified
Wrong insect perpetrator initially implicated in palm die-off in Philippines
![magnified image of the bug Aspidiotus rigidus](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/na_coconut_feat.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
COCONUT CULPRIT The invasive bug Aspidiotus rigidus is an approximately 1-millimeter-long insect that's behind a coconut die-off in the Philippines. Here, it is shown stained and magnified 200 times.
G. Watson/California Dept. of Agriculture