- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Boll Weevil Trap
- Date of Original:
- 1708/2022
- Subject:
- Boll weevil--Control--Georgia
Insect traps--Georgia
Cotton--Georgia
Agriculture--Georgia
Cotton--Diseases and pests--Georgia
Boll weevil--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A boll weevil trap near a field of cotton. Such traps have played an integral part in the eradication of the weevil.
Photograph of a boll weevil trap near a field of cotton. Such traps have played an integral part in the eradication of the weevil.
The boll weevil greatly affected Georgia's long history of cotton production between 1915, when the insect was introduced to Georgia, and the early 1990s, when it was eliminated as an economic pest. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/boll-weevil/m-3250/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Phillip Roberts
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/boll-weevil
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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