Talk:Boll weevil

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Copyvio or unsourced reference[edit]

The "Infestation" section copies from Today in History: December 11. This page details the source of the quote as Always Agin It "Always Agin It," Place Chapin, South Carolina John L. Dove, interviewer, January 24, 1939. American Life Histories, 1936-1940

Upon looking at the article history, it appears that this section was the core of the original article. 4 years of editing have still left intact phrases. What's the proper solution? I'm at least adding the link to external links. Javiskefka 07:17, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

While the article needs re-writing, that section is not a copyvio, since loc.gov is a US governnment website. I like all the song refererences; they are disproportionately represented, but that can be fixed. Will look at other good agricultural pest articles. Novickas 11:53, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Buster Ezell & his Boll Weevil[edit]

OK, since this is probably the most obscure trivia ever... Here is the source: http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem/ftvbib:@field(AUTHOR+@od1(Ezell,+Buster++Bus+))

"Boll Weevil"[edit]

The song "Boll Weevil" was not written by Leadbelly, it is a popular folk song with many recordings (such as those by the Masked Marvel (Charlie Patton) and Blind Willie McTell) that all predate Leadbelly's recorded version. Furthermore, many more people have performed this song besides Odetta and the White Stripes. Source: http://www.folkways.si.edu/learn_discover/anthology/liner_notes/track_26.html


Is all of the information about songs actually necesary? If it is, Old Crow Medicine Show also has a song called "Boll Weevil" I think.

TheGoatFarmer 22:18, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Try looking up the song, Boll Weevil by Tex Riter... Then you will see who really wrote the song..

written by Texas Veteran

External Link[edit]

Hello, there is an article here, http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1436, that might be useful.

Thanks,

Justin --Duboiju (talk) 15:56, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi.....there read this newest article I made......

Each spring, female boll weevils open the buds of young cotton plants with their snouts. They lay eggs inside the buds, and the eggs soon hatched into worm like grubs that feed inside the buds to fall from the plant. They eat their way from one bud to another. Several generations of boll weevils may be produced in a single seasons.

.....A.D cAPz.....<3 February.15,2010 Monday

......Thanks.......=] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.94.198.178 (talk) 09:48, 15 February 2010 (UTC) boo —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.25.167.223 (talk) 21:48, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Life Cycle[edit]

Could someone clean up this sentence:

The eggs hatch in three to five within the cotton squares for eight to ten days, then pupate.

I get the addition of days, but: - what is a cotton square, and what is/are the missing verb/s? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.151.211.223 (talk) 15:16, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

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