. Cotton or weevils. Boll weevil; Cotton. COTTON OR WEEVILS they do not lose much time in taking a meal. But if it is too early for cotton, okra, or hollyhocks to be growing, they simply go with- out food until some of these plants appear above the ground. It is a strange thing that at this time of the year active boll weevils can live without food for several Fig. 1.—The " grown-up " cotton-boll weevil can either walk or fly, as it chooses. A weevil with wings spread, as in flight, is shown at A. At B is a weevil as seen from above, with legs spread out. At C is a weevil feed
. Cotton or weevils. Boll weevil; Cotton. COTTON OR WEEVILS they do not lose much time in taking a meal. But if it is too early for cotton, okra, or hollyhocks to be growing, they simply go with- out food until some of these plants appear above the ground. It is a strange thing that at this time of the year active boll weevils can live without food for several Fig. 1.—The " grown-up " cotton-boll weevil can either walk or fly, as it chooses. A weevil with wings spread, as in flight, is shown at A. At B is a weevil as seen from above, with legs spread out. At C is a weevil feeding on a cotton boll, as seen from the side. All are about four times natural size The parts of the cotton plant which boll weevils like best as food are the flower buds, or " squares " as the cotton planter calls them. But before the flower buds come the weevils eat the growing tips of the cotton plants and appear to like that food. Suppose you go out in your cotton field early in the spring and see if the weevils have appeared and have eaten any of the tips of the plants. Watch the field carefully from day to day and find out the exact time the weevils begin to feed on the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Webb, J. L. (Jesse Lee), 1878-1942; Merrill, F. A. (Frederick Augustus), b. 1875. Washington, D. C. : U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
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