The Lesser Of Two Weevils (REPORTED MISSING) LbNA #23767 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jul 15, 2006 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Lamesa |
| County: | Dawson |
| State: | Texas |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | El Lobo  |
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| Found by: | kevareng |
| Last found: | Apr 6, 2007 |
| Status: | FFFaa |
| Last edited: | Jul 15, 2006 |
"Well the boll weevil is a little black bug
Come from Mexico they say
Came all the way to Texas
Just a-lookin' for a place to stay
Just a-lookin' for a home, just a-lookin' for a home"
The boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) is a beetle measuring an average length of six millimeters (¼ inch). The insect crossed the Rio Grande near Brownsville, Texas to enter the United States from Mexico in 1892 and reached southeastern Alabama in 1915. It remains the most destructive cotton pest in North America. By the mid 1920s it had entered all cotton growing regions in the U.S.
"Well the first time that I seen the boll weevil
He was a-sittin' on the square
Well the next time that I seen him
He had his family there
Just a-lookin' for a home, just a-lookin' for a home"
This is the story about the two weevil twins, José and JosBe. As they traveled about Texas, “just a-lookin for a home”, José passed the time singing songs. He especially liked the lively little folk song about his ancestors, the Boll Weevil Song. You could often hear him singing:
"Well the farmer took the boll weevil
And he put him on the red hot sand
Well the weevil said this is mighty hot
But I take it like a man
This will be my home, this will be my home"
JosBe was more serious, and thus he had to do all of the thinking, and most of the work. In fact, it was JosBe who knew that Lamesa, with its vast fields of cotton, would be a good place to look for a home. Then one day a talent scout was passing through Lamesa, Texas. The scout stopped at the roadside park south of Lamesa to rest in the shade of the trees and was awakened from his nap by the sound of José singing “just a-lookin’ for a home, just a-lookin’ for a home”. The scout immediately signed José to a recording contract and sent him to Nashville where he became a big star. Meanwhile, JosBe stayed in Lamesa, steadily working to ruin as much cotton as possible.
Today, José is famous. Who hasn’t heard of José? And JosBe, well, nobody names their kid JosBe because he is not so famous. Around Lamesa, JosBe is known as the lesser of two weevils.
DIRECTIONS TO THE BOX:
Just south of Lamesa at the intersection of highways 87 and 180 are two roadside parks. You will want to visit the one on the southeast corner of the intersection. This park has the usual covered tables (3) but there is also a small wildlife feeding area (with a pond for water) and a gravel walking path 3/10 of a mile in length. Find the historical marker on a granite pedestal (for Dawson County). Proceed past the marker on a concrete sidewalk, past a stone bed with the shape on Texas surrounded by pavers, until you reach the end of the sidewalk at its junction with the gravel walking path. Go to the right (south) for 133 steps to a berm with large boulders and trees. At the very top of the berm are three boulders in a tight group just off the left side of the trail. The box is just beneath the “nose” of the one that is farther from the trail than the other two. A smaller rock lies at the base and just in front of the box. Please rehide so that the box is not visible to walkers or workers.
Come from Mexico they say
Came all the way to Texas
Just a-lookin' for a place to stay
Just a-lookin' for a home, just a-lookin' for a home"
The boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) is a beetle measuring an average length of six millimeters (¼ inch). The insect crossed the Rio Grande near Brownsville, Texas to enter the United States from Mexico in 1892 and reached southeastern Alabama in 1915. It remains the most destructive cotton pest in North America. By the mid 1920s it had entered all cotton growing regions in the U.S.
"Well the first time that I seen the boll weevil
He was a-sittin' on the square
Well the next time that I seen him
He had his family there
Just a-lookin' for a home, just a-lookin' for a home"
This is the story about the two weevil twins, José and JosBe. As they traveled about Texas, “just a-lookin for a home”, José passed the time singing songs. He especially liked the lively little folk song about his ancestors, the Boll Weevil Song. You could often hear him singing:
"Well the farmer took the boll weevil
And he put him on the red hot sand
Well the weevil said this is mighty hot
But I take it like a man
This will be my home, this will be my home"
JosBe was more serious, and thus he had to do all of the thinking, and most of the work. In fact, it was JosBe who knew that Lamesa, with its vast fields of cotton, would be a good place to look for a home. Then one day a talent scout was passing through Lamesa, Texas. The scout stopped at the roadside park south of Lamesa to rest in the shade of the trees and was awakened from his nap by the sound of José singing “just a-lookin’ for a home, just a-lookin’ for a home”. The scout immediately signed José to a recording contract and sent him to Nashville where he became a big star. Meanwhile, JosBe stayed in Lamesa, steadily working to ruin as much cotton as possible.
Today, José is famous. Who hasn’t heard of José? And JosBe, well, nobody names their kid JosBe because he is not so famous. Around Lamesa, JosBe is known as the lesser of two weevils.
DIRECTIONS TO THE BOX:
Just south of Lamesa at the intersection of highways 87 and 180 are two roadside parks. You will want to visit the one on the southeast corner of the intersection. This park has the usual covered tables (3) but there is also a small wildlife feeding area (with a pond for water) and a gravel walking path 3/10 of a mile in length. Find the historical marker on a granite pedestal (for Dawson County). Proceed past the marker on a concrete sidewalk, past a stone bed with the shape on Texas surrounded by pavers, until you reach the end of the sidewalk at its junction with the gravel walking path. Go to the right (south) for 133 steps to a berm with large boulders and trees. At the very top of the berm are three boulders in a tight group just off the left side of the trail. The box is just beneath the “nose” of the one that is farther from the trail than the other two. A smaller rock lies at the base and just in front of the box. Please rehide so that the box is not visible to walkers or workers.