Boll weevils primarily feed on cotton plants, specifically targeting the cotton bolls, flowers, and leaves. They can also affect other crops in the mallow family, such as Okra and hibiscus, but their main impact is on cotton production. The larvae of boll weevils develop inside the cotton bolls, causing significant damage and reducing yield.
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The boll weevils would destroy the cotton crops therefore the south carolinians would not be able to sell there crops for money later. The boll weevils migrated from Mexico.
The boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) attacks cotton crops. It lays its eggs inside cotton bolls, and the young weevils eat their way out.
Enterprise Boll Weevils was created in 1947.
The drought destroyed the crops that were left from the Boll Weevils, and it brought on Dust Storms.
The Boll Weevil destroys the cotton plant by reproducing and laying it's eggs on it, in turn makes the eggs hatch and the baby Boll Weevils eat the plant for food
The cotton crops in the south. It made them turn to an alternative crop which was better and made more money. Peanuts. There is a statue of a boll weevil in downtown Enterprise Alabama paying tribute to the insect that brought them the money-crop peanuts.
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The Boll Weevil
The boll weevil ruined the cotton crops.
cotton bollworm, pink bollworm, thrips, cotton square borer, cotton aphids, whiteflies, fleahoppers, boll weevils, and many other occasional pests
Boll weevils are native to Central America and migrated to the United States in the late 19th century. They were accidentally introduced to the United States through imported cotton from Mexico.