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Foraging Resources of Overwintering Boll Weevils in Crockett and Munday, Texas

G.D. Jones, J.R. Coppedge and D. Gryder


 
ABSTRACT

Pollen analyses were used to determine alternative foraging resources of boll weevils, Anthonomus grandis Boheman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in Crockett and Munday, Texas from May to July, 1995. Pollen from boll weevils captured in Crockett were more diverse than those captured in Munday. Crockett boll weevils contained 161 different pollen types, while Munday boll weevils contained 82. Pollen representing 29 families, 39 genera, and 10 species were identified in Crockett samples, and 35 families, 37 genera, and 12 species in Munday samples. The greatest number of pollen grains and pollen types occurred in May in Crockett samples and in June in Munday. Boll weevils foraged on the fewest alternative foraging resources in July in both sites. Our research suggests that boll weevils in Crockett and Munday, Texas have a wide range of alternative foraging resources prior to cotton production.



Reprinted from Proceedings of the 1997 Beltwide Cotton Conferences pp. 980 - 981
©National Cotton Council, Memphis TN

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