Boll weevils near extinction in Mississippi

AP Online | November 10, 2008 | Copyright

A small insect pest that drove many Mississippi cotton farmers to the brink of despair a few years ago now finds its days numbered.

Boll weevils could be counted in the thousands per acre in Mississippi but eradication has significantly reduced that number.

For most of the summer, the state's trap network found only one boll weevil, which was in Tunica County on June 11. Officials found two more weevils in mid-October from traps in Chickasaw County.

"The weevil found in Tunica County was on Highway 61 by the turn to the casinos. The weevil gambled and lost," ...

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