Boll Weevil

Scientific name: Anthonomus grandis grandis Boheman
(Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Facts: The boll weevil is a hard-shelled, grayish to brown, long-legged beetle, about 1/4 inch long with a slender snout, and two spurs on the inside of each front leg. Larvae are white crescent-shaped grubs found inside cotton squares.

Photo credit: Winfield Sterling