Boyd said intensive trapping within a mile of the spot where they were found in a trap on Sept. 29 hasn't turned up any more weevils. Boll weevils did more than $23 billion in damage to U.S ...

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NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana and Arkansas have stepped up boll weevil trapping because two of the destructive, long-snounted beetles were found in northern Mississippi.

ROBSTOWN, Tex. - When Charles Niemann started farming in 1960, he knew the threat of the cotton boll weevil made his livelihood risky. He treated his fields in South Texas with pesticide every few ...

A boll weevil pheromone trap at the edge of a cotton field. Traps continue to monitor the pest across the Cotton Belt to prevent its reintroduction. (Photo by Ray Frisbie, ...

A program designed to guard against a pest that could devastate the South Carolina cotton crop just got cheaper and easier for the farmers whose crops it aims to protect.

Native to Mexico, boll weevils first showed up in Texas in 1892. It’s unknown how they traveled north, as these beetles don’t fly very far. However, they spread quickly.

An Alabama town honors the boll weevil 04:52. In the center of Enterprise, Alabama, there's an intersection honoring an insect. "We are one of the few cities in the world where you have, in the ...

The boll weevil nearly wiped out North Carolina’s cotton crop in the 1920s. ... Last year, the foundation put out 7,125 traps, each one monitoring about 57 acres.