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Bob Macfarlane

Adult female coconut rhinoceros beetle (Credit: Bob Macfarlane)

Coconut rhinoceros beetle: a huge threat in Solomon Islands and the Pacific

October 15, 2018

by Luke Kiddle, Andrew Piper, Bob Macfarlane

Bob Macfarlane

Bob Macfarlane is a retired entomologist with 40+ years plant protection and biosecurity experience in the Pacific and Asian regions. In the first half of 2018 he was the first coordinator for the Solomon Islands response to the coconut rhinoceros beetle for bedding by PHAMA. He now lives in Gizo, Western Solomons.

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