The Boll Weevil Monument, erected in 1919, stands proudly in downtown Enterprise as "the world's first monument built to honor an agricultural pest." The 13-foot-tall statue features a classical ...

Insects such as the red palm weevil, palm grove borer, palm stem borer and the black ... to the dryness and breakage of the fronds. "This pest is described as a long brown beetle that forms ...