Boll weevils plagued the cotton industry throughout much of the Cotton Belt for almost a century before entomologists and producers executed one of the most successful pest eradication programs in the ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WFMY)-- Everyone is seeing them. A small, flying insect that looks like a tick, but it's not. Experts say the bug is called a weevil. They can't hurt you and it doesn't spread ...

The pepper weevil (Anthonomous eugenii Cano) is a destructive invasive insect pest of cultivated peppers in the southeastern United States. Adult pepper weevils feed on fruit and leaf buds and lay ...

Have you ever seen a weevil up close before? These tiny insects are famous for their ability to drill holes. A weevil drilling a hole into an acorn is a fascinating process to observe. But why do they ...

There are repeat candidates, such as the endangered Canterbury knobbled weevil ( Hadramphus tuberculatus ), as well as new ...

Sunflower is a native plant in the High Plains region and as a result, sunflower insect pests are also native. These insect pests feed and survive on both wild and domestic (cultivated) sunflower ...

Battles and watchful monitoring continue, but the Boll Weevil Eradication Program is winning with the help of Texas A&M AgriLife and the Department of Entomology in the Texas A&M College of ...