Help! My chamaerops humilis is Bowed over at the top, with multiple stunted spears coming out of the crown but none of them opening properly. While searching for pests, Ive found something that I can’t identify in any palm pest sites. On the trunk at the woody petiole bases, there are a lot of random small round brown things that look like a seed or egg. They have very thin shells, and most of them are hollow with a hole (indicating exit of a larva?). I’ve also spotted a few small white squirming larvae buried deep under the petiole bases. These shells are also littering the soil at the base of the tree. What pest could this be? I’ve been trying insecticidal soap. Or could it be a boron deficiency? (Similar spear problems). I’ve been doing a lot of internet research, but I don’t have much real world experience with These. They have been flourishing until the past year.