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The boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) is a species of beetle in the family Curculionidae.The boll weevil feeds on cotton buds and flowers. Thought to be native to Central Mexico, [1] it migrated into the United States from Mexico in the late 19th century and had infested all U.S. cotton-growing areas by the 1920s, devastating the industry and the people working in the American South.
The boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) attacks cotton crops; it lays its eggs inside cotton bolls and the larvae eat their way out. Other weevils are used for biological control of invasive plants. A weevil's rostrum, or elongated snout, hosts chewing mouthparts instead of the piercing mouthparts that proboscis-possessing
Catolaccus grandis is a parasitic wasp native to southeastern Mexico. It was introduced to the United States in the 1970s. [1]Its natural hosts are the boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) and the closely related Anthonomus hunteri. [1]
The Curculionidae are a family of weevils, commonly called snout beetles or true weevils. They are one of the largest animal families with 6,800 genera and 83,000 [ 1 ] species described worldwide. They are the sister group to the family Brentidae .
Anthonomus is a genus of weevils. This genus includes major agricultural pests such as the boll weevil, strawberry blossom weevil, and pepper weevil, as well as promising biological pest control agents such as Anthonomus santacruzi. A. rubi from Germany
Weevils also are known to infest oats, rice, corn, corn meal, sorghum, and cereal, so you might want to apply the same practice you do to your flour as those items as well.
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Newsom's research findings included the life history of the boll weevil and its diapause which required the accumulation of fat for overwintering. [4] [5] He identified a combination of management practices that included the careful and limited use of pesticides like DDT to manage weevil populations. [6] The method is known as the Newsom ...