1. The Boll Weevil Charity Foundation (BWCF) is the nonprofit arm of the Secret Order of Boll weevils

2. Notable species include the rice weevil (S. oryzae), wheat weevil (S. granarius), and maize weevil (S. zeamais).

3. Pest infestation also easily occurs, mainly rice weevil and corn weevil, etc.

4. The Boll Weevil Eradication Program (BWEP) was initiated and a gene was inserted into the cotton plant's DNA that allowed the cotton plant to produce a chemical protein that is toxic to Boll weevils

5. Coleopterans include the beetles, weevils, and fireflies

6. What are Boll weevils attracted to?

7. Boll weevils, or cotton Boll weevils, were a significant problem to North Carolina cotton growers during much of the twentieth century

8. But, like Boll weevils, human beings are adaptable.

9. The weevil is a shiny, cylindrical beetle.

10. There was no significant difference of amount of offspring and sex ratio between rice weevil and maize weevil in rice.

11. Size: Adult Billbugs are beetles in the weevil family

12. Agaves’ only significant pest is the agave snout weevil

13. Billbugs belong to a group of beetles called weevils or snout beetles

14. Low cunning with moats Adult weevils are difficult to eradicate.

15. Billbugs are a type of weevil of the genus Sphenophorus

16. But life has changed for the Boll weevils in the new Congress

17. Overview Origin The chestnut weevil, Curculio elephas, is a weevil native to southern and central Europe, which feeds on the seeds (nuts) of chestnuts and oaks

18. Boll weevils are considered a key pest in cotton production because the insecticides cotton producers use early in the season to control Boll weevils also eliminate populations of beneficial insects

19. Curculionidae, the largest family of Beetles, are better known as weevils

20. The Secret Order of Boll weevils was founded in 1966 as a secret society

21. A tiny weevil, Cyrtobagous salviniae, has been used successfully to control giant salvinia.

22. Boll weevil definition, a snout beetle, Anthonomus grandis, that attacks the Bolls of cotton

23. Weevil larvae are Apodous; in contrast, most scarab larvae bear six hooklike legs.

24. Female Boll weevils deposited eggs in cotton flower buds, called squares, and in small bolls

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26. Curculio, any of various stout-bodied weevils of the beetle family Curculionidae (order Coleoptera)

27. (chiefly biology) apodal Weevil larvae are Apodous; in contrast, most scarab larvae bear six hooklike legs

28. If you had the pluck of a weevil in a biscuit , you would catch them still.'.

29. A type of weevil, mature Billbugs may grow up to 1/2 inch in length

30. Like a weevil, Curculio loves food and is willing to do anything to earn a meal

31. Before you start eating, Boll Weevil puts a tray of burger toppings on the table (e.g

32. The boll weevil, and sometimes even the entire monument, has been repeatedly stolen throughout the years.

33. Boll weevils caused no economic loss in 11 years due to mortality attributed primarily to ants.

34. Boll weevils entered the United States from Mexico in the late 1800s, when they were first spotted in Texas

35. We have to cut and burn everything before the weevils get to the main crops in the courtyard.

36. The granary weevil mortality rate was higher than the mortality rate of the saw-toothed grain beetle.

37. The rice weevil can live on beans, nuts, grains, and some types of fruit, such as grapes.

38. Curculio is the Latin word for “weevil,” a beetle whose larva eats many times its weight in grain

39. The pesticide killed off weevils and other insects, leaving the army worm to multiply unchecked by its natural enemies.

40. Like a weevil, Curculio loves food and is willing to do practically anything to earn a meal

41. At the time, the boll weevil was devastating cotton crops, prompting many farmers to follow Carver’s advice.

42. Curculio is the Latin word for “weevil,” a beetle whose larva eats many times its weight in grain

43. Watch out for the vine weevil that eats plants' roots-it's on the increase due to warmer winters.

44. To capitalize on this effective predation of boll weevils by ants, unnecessary applications of insecticides should be eliminated.

45. What adult Boll weevils lack in size they make up for with their larvae’s ability to feed on and destroy cotton

46. Billbugs are a group of long-snouted beetles in the weevil family (Curculionidae) that can cause extensive turf damage

47. A small number of Boll weevils were captured in Louisiana during 2009, and expectations are that 2010 will not have

48. Plum Curculio adults are a type of weevil (or snout beetle), approximately 6 mm (¼ inch) in length with a

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50. Kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Arthropoda - arthropods » class Insecta - insects » order Coleoptera - beetles » family Curculionidae - weevils » subtribus Curculionina

51. 1500 to "round seed pod of flax or cotton." Boll weevil, which damages cotton Bolls, is so called from 1895

52. Horizontal transfer of genes from bacteria to eukaryotes such as the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the adzuki bean weevil Callosobruchus chinensis has occurred.

53. Traps Baited with pheromone plus 400 g of agave captured more weevils in comparison to traps Baited with pheromone alone or 200 g of agave alone

54. Curculio nucum (nut weevil) is a medium-sized beetle, with an especially elongated snout, characteristic of the Curculionini tribe of the weevil family (Curculionidae).Its larvae develop in hazel nuts Corylus avellana, being a serious pest in hazelnut orchards.It occurs in most of Europe, from south Sweden, Finland and Great Britain to the Mediterranean.

55. This type of parthenogenesis is known as apomictic or Ameiotic parthenogenesis and occurs in Trichoniscus (Isopoda), Daphnia pulex (Crustacea), Campelona rufum (Mollusca), weevils and long-horned grasshoppers.

56. Weevil and bacterium have a symbiotic relationship in which the bacterium produces nutrients such as amino acids and vitamins for the host, supplementing its cereal diet.

57. Ammi showed an excellent Antifeedant activity towards the pine weevil for 24 hr, whereas the essential oil of other plants showed the activity for 6 hr

58. Midshipmen were notorious in the Royal Navy during these times for eating everything that moved, including ships' weevils, nicknamed Bargemen, and bilge rats, called "millers"

59. Advantageous attributes of larval whitefringed weevil, Naupactus leucoloma (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) for Bioassaying soil fumigants, and responses to pure and plant-derived isothiocyanates - Volume 90 Issue 4 - J.N

60. Avaunt ® INSECTICIDE Avaunt ® insecticide controls the lepidopteran spectrum, plus several species of weevils and other beetles as well as sucking pests across a wide array of specialty crops.

61. Plum Curculio, (Conotrachelus nenuphar), also called American plum weevil, North American insect pest of the family Curculionidae (order Coleoptera); it does serious damage to a variety of fruit trees

62. Traps Baited with pheromone plus 400 g of agave captured more weevils compared to traps Baited with pheromone alone, 200 g of agave alone, and 200 g of agave plus pheromone

63. While there are not too many Cedar tree problems to deal with, several pesky insects are attracted to Cedar trees including the cypress tip moth, root weevil, mites and juniper scale.

64. In fact, “lavender oil or powdered foliage and flowers may also be useful as both commercial . . . and domestic pesticides as the application of lavender deters mites, grain weevils, aphids and clothes moth,” reports one study.

65. New Bugs include the Atlas moth, Paper kite butterfly, Great purple emperor, Madagascan sunset moth, Damselfly, Blue weevil beetle, Common bluebottle, Drone beetle, Earth-boring dung beetle, Man-faced stink bug, and Rosalia batesi beetle

66. The present invention relates to an insecticidal composition comprising i) a pyrethroid selected from the group consisting of bifenthrin, cypermethrin, zeta cypermethrin, lambdacyhalothrin, betacyhalothrin, alphacypermethrm, tralomethrin, deltamethrin, cyfluthrin, beta-cyfluthrin, esfenvalerate, fluvalinate, etofenprox, permethrin, metofluthrin, resmethrin, bioresmethrin, allethrin, bioallethrin, s- bioallethrin and tetramethrin and ii) a granular fertilizer, and a method for controlling rice water weevil comprising applying an effective amount of the composition to a locus where rice water weevil control is needed or expected to be needed.

67. Several genera and species in the family Curculionidae, including the plum Curculio (Conotrachelus nenuphar) ‘Now scientists have identified a natural odor, or pheromone, released by the male Curculio weevil that attracts both males and females.’

68. Abscised cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L., fruit in field plots planted at different times were examined to assess adult boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis grandis Boheman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), use of squares and bolls during 2002 and 2003 in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas

69. The Boll Weevil Café and Sweetery is a cozy cafe with an eclectic menu featuring more than 30 homemade desserts; a delectable 'Southern Delights' menu with southern favorites such as fried green tomatoes and shrimp and grits; and an abundance of wines by the glass and bottle.

70. Plum Curculio (Conotrachelus nenuphar; PC) are weevils (snout beetles) that are native to North America and occur from Canada to Florida and west to central Nebraska.Historically, they were sporadic pests of apples in western North Carolina, but in recent years they have become a significant problem in some orchards.

71. British sailors at the time of Nelson were just about the worst-fed people around, living as they did on a monotonous diet that included such culinary Awfulnesses as boiled salt beef and ship’s biscuits (which after weeks at sea had to be rapped on the table to persuade the weevils to …

72. This is the first book-length study of Plautus' shortest surviving comedy, Curculio, a play in which the tricksy brown-nosed title character (“The Weevil”) bamboozles a shady banker and a pious pimp to secure the freedom of the enslaved girl his patron has fallen for while keeping her out of the clutches of a megalomaniacal soldier.