Cotton or weevils (1929) (20513352910)

Title: Cotton or weevils

Identifier: cottonorweevils35webb_0 (find matches)

Year: 1929 (1920s)

Authors: Webb, J. L. (Jesse Lee), 1878-1942; Merrill, F. A. (Frederick Augustus), b. 1875

Subjects: Boll weevil; Cotton

Publisher: Washington, D. C. : U. S. Dept. of Agriculture

Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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4 MISC. PUBLICATION 3 5, IT. S. DEPT. OP AGRICULTURE HOW A WEEVIL GROWS The female weevil uses the flower buds of the cotton plant as a place to lay her eggs. She first eats a tiny hole in the bud and

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C Fig. 2.—In the fall, when the weather turns chilly and the nights are frosty, the boll weevils look for shelter of some kind in which to take their long winter nap. Spanish moss hanging from trees is a favorite wintering place for the weevils then puts a very small pearly white egg in it, This egg she pushes deep down in the hole and leaves it there. In a short time the juices of the plant harden around the egg and completely seal it up within the flower bud. About three days later the egg hatches and a tiny,

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1929

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