Boll weevils still cling to around 20% of the cotton acres in the Lower Rio Grande Valley along the river. But 30 to 40 years ago, it was a major problem plaguing millions of acres spanning the ...

What do weevils look like? These small bugs are about 0.125-0.25 inches or 3-6 millimeters long. They're shaped like tiny pears or light bulbs. They have long and slender snouts in front of their ...

Cotton boll weevils, which originated in Mexico, were first identified in Beeville, Tex., in 1894. By 1915, they had spread across the Cotton Belt and wreaked havoc on the crop, leaving families ...

The boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) devastated cotton crops throughout the southern states. MPI/Getty Images Marsh's grandfather owned a cotton farm in Enterprise in the early 1900s.

South Carolina cotton farmers are invited to a virtual meeting slated for Wednesday, March 3, for updates on the Boll Weevil Eradication Program in the state. Registration is required for this ...

Charles Allen, program director for the Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation Inc., reports that more than 4 million acres of that state’s cotton acreage is virtually free of boll weevil.

The Boll Weevil Monument was erected in 1919 as an ironic salute to the pest that made planters change their ways. Just think, there would be no National Peanut Festival in L.A. without that ...

State Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain said the boll weevil has been eradicated in Louisiana. “When our administration took office in January of 2008, we set a goal of ...

Team Linda Simmons Realty recently welcomed a weevil to its ranks, becoming one of the first Enterprise locations to sport a custom-designed weevil in the year of the Boll Weevil Centennial ...