Boll weevils plagued the cotton industry throughout much of the Cotton Belt for almost a century before entomologists and producers executed one of the most successful pest eradication programs in the ...

Shane learns how the boll weevil became an icon in Enterprise, Alabama. Over an ice cream with Historian Laponce Harrison, Shane learns the boll weevil’s history – and how this insect became an icon ...

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) -Over 100 years ago, the boll weevil insect threatened to destroy the cotton crop in Enterprise. The citizens planted peanut crops to avoid economic ruin, thus bringing prosperity ...

Art lovers in Enterprise, Alabama, have prompted social media debate by erecting statue of iconic Ronald McDonald recreated to look like a boll weevil. Facebook video screenshot A tongue-in-cheek arts ...

In the center of Enterprise, Alabama, there's an intersection honoring an insect. "We are one of the few cities in the world where you have, in the middle of town, a pest that's standing up on a ...