In the early twentieth century the Boll Weevil invaded the United States, destroying cotton fields as he swept northward from Texas. Cotton's only natural enemy, the Boll Weevil destroyed 70% of South Carolina's cotton crop in two years and terrorized cotton farmers until eradication programs took hold in the mid 1970's. Today, only a bare minimum of Boll Weevils can be found in South Carolina and the state is considered to be "WEEVIL FREE".
In the early twentieth century the Boll Weevil invaded the United States, destroying cotton fields as he swept northward from Texas. Cotton's only natural enemy, the Boll Weevil destroyed 70% of South Carolina's cotton crop in two years and terrorized cotton farmers until eradication programs took hold in the mid 1970's. Today, only a bare minimum of Boll Weevils can be found in South Carolina and the state is considered to be "WEEVIL FREE".