The boll weevil is a type of beetle that feeds and develops only on cotton plants, and closely related plants. This ends up destroying crops and large plantations in the 1800's, and even to this day.
The boll weevil was a major threat to cotton production as it destroyed crops.
Farmers lost a lot of money and cotton
Farmers lost a lot of money and cotton
The boll weevil has this big snout and it uses it to bite the top of the cotton plant. Then it licks out the cotton until it has no more cotton inside the ball. The boll weevil larvae and pupal do the same thing but they have to get help from the adult boll weevil to eat the top og the cotton plant.
The boll weevil is the most notorious of the insects. There is actually a statue to the boll weevil in Enterprise Alabama. This insect was so destructive that the state paid the farmers to diversify out of cotton production.
The boll weevil ruined the cotton crops.
The Bool Weevil is a small beetle that eats cotton plants.
The Boll Weevil
It eats the cotton.
The drought, boll weevil and soil erosion affected Georgia by ruining it's cotton production. The drought also reduced toe growth of the crops.
it eats up all the cotton
Boll weevil
Boll weevil,