A beetle called a weevil is the creature which puts the fat worms there. From Wordnik.com. [Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies] Reference
For our seed peas in southern Ontario we have to go north, because the weevil is frightened at the word "north.". From Wordnik.com. [Greater Ontario] Reference
"weevil," and declared that his very last intention had been to be personal or to cast the least reflection on the lovable disposition of. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 26, 1917] Reference
The weevil likes it because it is very thin-shelled. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924] Reference
Tree riddled by walnut weevil every year hopelessly. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924] Reference
And I would like to have some report about the weevil. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
The life cycle of the lesser weevil is quite different. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924] Reference
The little weevil is found in there and not always apparent. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948] Reference
Thou aeronautical boll weevil, illuminate yon woods primeval. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrating The Johnny Mercer Centennial] Reference
Collect all the nuts, and you collect all of the weevil larvae. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916.] Reference
The boll-weevil is a beetle about a quarter of an inch in length. From Wordnik.com. [Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation] Reference
MR. REED: The real pest in Mr. Killen's chestnut planting is the weevil. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924] Reference
First, the group to which the chestnut worm, or chestnut weevil, belongs. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Eleventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. October 7 and 8, 1920] Reference
Altogether the loss to chestnuts from weevil injury is beyond computation. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924] Reference
The weevil (curculio) was bad enough last year so we are spraying this year. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947] Reference
The grubs of the larger weevil begin to leave the nuts at about the time the nuts drop. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924] Reference
It is asserted, that by this simple contrivance not one weevil will remain in the heap. From Wordnik.com. [The American Practical Brewer and Tanner] Reference
Where the ground can be flooded for several days this will also exterminate the weevil. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943] Reference
As yet, the chestnut weevil has not been found at the lower elevations in the Southeast. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948] Reference
It is my understanding that a spray program has been developed for control of the weevil. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948] Reference
The weevil appears to be worse on the large improved varieties than on the smaller native. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924] Reference
At Glenn Dale the small chestnut weevil constituted 92 to 98 per cent of the population; at. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948] Reference
It started as a tiny aerial crop-dusting company formed to wipe out the dreaded boll weevil. From Wordnik.com. [A Courtly Airline Gets Tough] Reference
Outside of the weevil-infested area, it becomes a hardy producer of superb little chestnuts. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
The small weevil does the most damage, but there are indications that this may not always be true. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948] Reference
Many nuts have been allowed to lie under the trees until the weevil larvae issued and entered the soil. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924] Reference
The larvae of this species leave the nuts somewhat later in the autumn than do those of the larger weevil. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924] Reference
Blight injury to the trees and weevil damage to the nuts seemed to be the most serious enemies of chestnuts. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948] Reference
In other words, the seed was taken from the orchard, treated to kill the weevil and put in the ground in the fall. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948] Reference
Now, the chestnut blight came, and it has about annihilated the weevil, because there was no chestnut to weevil in. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
No one who has not talked with handlers of chestnuts can have any idea of the handicap the weevil is to sales and prices. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924] Reference
For the benefit of those who wish to try DDT for chestnut weevil control, the following tentative recommendation is made. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948] Reference
Curiously enough, the common chestnut weevil, that had become very abundant, has disappeared locally with the disappearance of our. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916.] Reference
You can pick out the weevil chestnuts fairly well if you toss all of the nuts into a cup of water and pick out the ones that float. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916.] Reference
For example, the larger chestnut weevil and the smaller chestnut weevil look alike, but they are decidedly unlike in their development. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924] Reference
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