How to Identify a Boll Weevil
Remember the huge snout on a boll weevil. This most distinguishing identifying characteristic makes you think of an anteater. A boll weevil's snout takes up to half of the body size and is used for feeding. Boll weevils belong to a group called ... [... more] eHow
A Memory of Trains : The Boll Weevil and Others And words worth a thousand pictures: You won't find New England railroads in Louis Rubin's book, but you will find a wonderful personal narrative of this inveterate train watcher who captured on black and white film many of the great steam locomotives [... more]
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Something to Celebrate:
Alabama 4-H will celebrate its 100th birthday in 2009. This fun publication tells some of the history of the organization and offers a quiz to test your knowledge about 4-H. Let's start with the insect. When the boll weevil invaded the South from ... [... more] Alabama Cooperative Extension System
Boll Weevil Scouting Guide
This publication is scheduled to be updated and reissued 03/04. Between crop emergence and early squaring, emerging adult boll weevils are difficult to find in the field. They generally have less than two weeks to live when squaring cotton is not ... [... more] New Mexico State University
Insect Note 34 (Revised)
The pepper weevil is a small beetle in the same genus as the cotton boll weevil. Many consider it the most destructive insect pest on pepper in the United States. HOSTS: Pepper weevils can complete their life cycle on black nightshade, eggplant ... [... more] NC State University Coop Extension
Kelly Murphy
Kelly Murphy is the author and illustrator of the boll weevil ball. Though she does not have big kangaroo feet, she is occasionally a little clumsy on the dance floor. Ms. Murphy lives in Massachusetts. [... more] Harper Collins
The Boll Weevil In Mississippi:
Although the boll weevil has been successfully eradicated from Mississippi cotton fields, it must never be forgotten! Both cotton growers and scouts must remain aware of how to identify boll weevils and the damage they cause, as well as how to ... [... more] Mississippi State University Extension
