The fruits are large, wind predated while still on the tree by parrots and bruchid beetles ( " Amblycerus tachygaliae " ) and once on the forest floor by rodents, peccaries and fungi.
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The USGS-Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center study site now documents the destructive impact of two invasive insect species ( African bruchid beetle " Specularius impressithorax " and erythrina gall wasp ) on Erythrina sandwicensis.