Question
I noticed that two of my king palms have some kind of pest eating away at the base of the palm right above the ground. It almost appears to be like a termite would eat at wood. I can't see the bug or pest. One of the king palms have lost about half of its trunk. It kind of looks like dryrot or something. Can I spray or treat the tree to kill whatever is eating the trunks?
Thank you,
Dan Corwin 949-370-9168  

Answer
Hi Dan,                                                             Whats up!I Would treat tree asap!It sounds like some damage has been done already.Treat tree with a knock down killer like ortho home defense [premethin].This will kill on contact.I also would treat  with a systemic insecticide like MERIT by BAYER/Imidacolprid which will go inside tree ,and tree will take up and kill up 2 18months.This type of insecticide kills termites n many other insects.Good Luck!!!