Boll weevil Cotton--Georgia Agriculture--Georgia Cotton--Diseases and pests--Georgia Boll weevil--Georgia Photograph of a boll weevil perched on a cotton plant. The adult weevil measures from three to eight millimeters from the tip of the snout to the abdomen, which is half the length of its body. 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. New Georgia Encyclopedia Color photographs http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-3251 http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2088 Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia Georgia Courtesy of insectimages.com, USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, Clemson University.