weevil
Long-snouted beetle
A weevil is a small beetle with an elongated snout, typically a pest that damages stored grain, cotton, and other crops.
The boll weevil devastated American cotton farming in the early twentieth century.
Weevils in flour or rice are unwelcome but harmless: I found weevils in the pasta.
Hard-winged insect
- snoutBeast's protruding face
- rostrumRaised speaker's platform
- larvaeImmature metamorphosing creatures
- antennaeSensory appendages on insects
exoskeleton · arthropod · coleoptera · mandibles · thorax · abdomen · chitin · hexapod
Timber-eating beetle larva
- borerTunneling tool or insect
- timberWood for construction
- lumberSawn wood for building
- barkSharp canine vocalization
heartwood · sapwood · frass · gallery · tunnel · rot · decay · hardwood
Pest takeover situation
- plagueDeadly epidemic disease
- blightPlant disease causing decay
- scourgeCause of mass suffering
- verminHarmful small animals
nuisance · outbreak · swarm · contamination · menace · destruction · damage · eradication
Plant fiber for textiles
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- cropCultivated agricultural plants
- harvestGathering mature crops
- fiberPlant-based digestive aid
agriculture · infestation · devastating · southern · bollworm · defoliation · textile · farming
beetle
Hard-winged insect
antennae · exoskeleton · arthropod · coleoptera · mandibles · thorax · abdomen · chitin · hexapod · metamorphosis
woodworm
Timber-eating beetle larva
bark · heartwood · sapwood · frass · gallery · tunnel · rot · decay · hardwood · softwood
infestation
Pest takeover situation
vermin · nuisance · outbreak · swarm · contamination · menace · destruction · damage · eradication · control
cotton
Plant fiber for textiles
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- cropCultivated agricultural plants
- harvestGathering mature crops
fiber · agriculture · infestation · devastating · southern · bollworm · defoliation · textile · farming · field
wheat
Cereal crop for flour
oats · rye · silo · granary · storage · pantry · cereal · cornmeal · mill · maize
- beetlesbeetle, beetles, scarab beetle, scarab, scarabs
- pantry pestsflour moth, grain moth, pantry moth, meal moth, mealworm
- tree pestsmountain pine beetle, beetles, gypsy moth, emerald ash borer, borers
- weevils
- insectsant, ants, bee, bees, butterfly
- arthropodsarthropod, arthropods, Arthropoda, insects, insect
weevilbeneficial insect
Arthropod aiding agriculture
honeybee · pollinator · ladybug · earthworm · bumblebee
- boll weevilBeetle infesting cotton plants
- grain weevilBeetle infesting stored cereals
- rice weevilInsect infesting stored cereals