[DOC] [TLE] Boll weevil - Wikipedia [PAR] The boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) is a beetle which feeds on cotton buds and 
flowers. Thought to be native to Central Mexico, it migrated into the United States 
from Mexico in the late 19th century and had infested all U.S. cotton-growing 
areas by the 1920s, devastating the industry and the ... The insects sometimes 
emerge from diapause before cotton buds are... [DOC] [TLE] The Impact of the Boll Weevil, 1892-1932 - UC Davis [PAR] cotton industry specifically and southern society as a whole. ... insects, including 
the Hessian fly, caused more damage than the boll weevil. ..... damage. The 
conventional view is that the weevil devastated production in the affected ... for 
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina, they compare 
average. [DOC] [TLE] Agricultural History - Edgefield County Historical Society [PAR] Edgefield County, like most of the South, became a one-crop economy, in which 
... In the early 1920's, the boll weevil arrived in Edgefield County devastating 
cotton yields. This tiny insect triggered an extended decline in cotton production, 
causing a ... Later, from 1898 to 1913, the South Carolina Co-Educational 
Institute,... [DOC] [TLE] 8-6 Essential Notes - Thomas C. Cario Middle School [PAR] 8-6.5 Compare the ramifications of World War II on South Carolina and the ..... in 
South Carolina destroyed over half of the state's cotton crop and devastated the 
... sagged further when the boll weevil, an insect pest, attacked the cotton crop. ... 
By the end of the 1920s, the South Carolina textile industry, like agriculture and... [DOC] [TLE] Reports by South Carolina Boll Weevil Commision regarding ... [PAR] Reports by the South Carolina Boll Weevil Commission regarding decrease in ... 
be affected by the decrease in cotton production throughout the 1920s, which in... [DOC] [TLE] The Gateway to Southern History Town of Edgefield, South Carolina [PAR] As settlers began to arrive in South Carolina, treaties had to be made .... This 
westward movement was largely due to the over production of cotton, ... a flood in 
the decades following the arrival of the Boll Weevil in the 1920's. This insect 
marched across the South destroying most of the economy related to cotton 
production. [DOC] [TLE] Economy - Cotton - GeorgiaInfo [PAR] But the mass production of cotton was stymied in the early 1920s by a small, ... 
This small insect had a devastating effect on Georgia's cotton economy for much
... [DOC] [TLE] Disease and Social Policy in the American South - Unnatural Causes [PAR] 1920. In Activity 6 students use what they learn from the pellagra case study and 
compare pellagra to .... They discover much about the production of ..... Insect 
Carries Pellagra. ..... abandon farming for work in a South Carolina textile mill 
after arrival of the boll ... In the 1920s many farmers were devastated by the boll 
weevil. [DOC] [TLE] BOLL WEEVIL | The Handbook of Texas Online| Texas State ... [PAR] Jun 12, 2010 ... The insect, which proved to be one of the most devastating pests ... Texas to the 
Edwards Plateau and by the 1920s had reached north and west to the High 
Plains, then encompassing all the geographic areas of Texas cotton production. 
... Boll Weevil eradication renewed in Virginia and North Carolina in... [DOC] [TLE] The Boll Weevil, the Iron Horse, and the End of the Line: Thoughts ... [PAR] The little Seaboard gas-electric coach, of course, devastated no cotton crops. ... 
New York-Florida route that crossed through South Carolina well to the interior. ... 
little black bugthe cotton industry along the coast, and transported passengers, 
... as devastating, as the insect which had moved up from Mexico in the 1910's to
... [DOC] [TLE] AgriculturalBiotech [PAR] COTTON. 3.A. US Cotton Production 3.B. Insect Pests of Cotton 3. ..... A large 
number of tests have been undertaken since the 1920's to determine the efficacy 
...... the expansion of cotton production in areas such as South Carolina because 
...... an insect pest of potatoes, CPB appears to have been particularly 
devastating:... [DOC] [TLE] Pasquotank

Question: In the 1920s, this insect devastated South Carolina's cotton industry
Answer: the boll weevil