The boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) devastated the cotton industry in the South during the 1910s. Adults feed on the immature cotton bolls; larvae, deposited as eggs inside the boll, do even more damage as they feed their way around the developing bolls.
Boll Weevil
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Courtesy of the United States Department of Agriculture
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