4 MISC. PUBLICATION 35, U. 8. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
HOW A WEEVIL GROWS 
female weevil uses the flower buds of the cotton plant as 
a Bes fo. ue her eggs. She first eats a tiny hole in the bud and 
Pic, 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 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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