weevil in the PONS Dictionary

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They had been chiefly sharecroppers and laborers, although some were landowners pushed out by the boll weevil disaster.
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When boll weevil infestations and the failure of cotton crops drove farmers to move from rural to urban districts, kudzu plantings were left unattended.
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The adult weevil is dark mottled brown with a long snout.
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It contains over 23,500 described species in 2,200 genera, and is therefore the largest weevil subfamily known.
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Some of these techniques are still useful either as tools to monitor weevil populations.
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Both the moth and the weevil feed on salvinia plants and control its spread.
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Additional insects specifically mentioned in the literature include true bugs, ants, bees, wasps, weevils, spiders, snails, and moths.
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There are many ways to attempt to get rid of the wheat weevil.
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Ragged holes in individual grains, similar to damage caused by the rice weevil and granary weevil, may indicate infestation.
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However, it seems that this species is resistant to the red palm weevil through a mechanism based on antibiosis.
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