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.
It eats the cotton.
They eat the buds off the cotton plants. The boll weevil does not destroy the cotton plant directly, it destroys the boll wherein grows the cotton and its seeds.
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
It lays its eggs in the cotton destroying it.
Cotton boll is the name of the rounded seed pod of the cotton plant. The fibres harvested for cotton develop within the boll and are part of it. See the Web Link to the left for more information.
The Boll Weevil
boll weevil
The seed pod of a cotton plant is called a "boll." As the cotton plant matures, the bolls develop and eventually burst open to reveal the fluffy cotton fibers and seeds inside. Each boll can contain several seeds, which are essential for the propagation of the plant.
The ripe, open seed pod (the cotton boll).
Cotton grows ". . .in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants." The boll are picked or plucked from the bush either by hand or by machine.
Boll weevil