Editing Boll weevil (section)

==In popular culture==
'''Music'''
*"[[Boll Weevil (song)|Boll Weevil]]" is a traditional blues song covered by artists including [[Lead Belly|Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter]], Buster “Bus” Ezel, [[Woody Guthrie]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hall|first=Stephanie|date=2013-12-11|title=The Life and Times of Boll Weevil {{!}} Folklife Today|url=https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2013/12/the-life-and-times-of-boll-weevil/|access-date=2021-03-10|website=blogs.loc.gov}}</ref> It reached #2 on the Billboard chart in 1961 in a recording by [[Brook Benton]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Brook Benton|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/brook-benton/chart-history/hsi/|access-date=2021-03-10|magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
*In their self-titled debut album, [[The Presidents of the United States of America (band)|The Presidents of the United States of America]] made reference to a wide range of animals including on the track, Boll Weevil. Music critic Michael Sun wrote, "By the time track five, ‘Boll Weevil’, rolls around, there's been enough cameos from birds, spiders, monkeys, fish, frogs, pigs, and beetles to fill a zoo, all referenced without agenda or coded meaning — just fun, plain and simple."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/programs/classic-albums/classic-albums:-monday,-24-september/10290966|title=The Presidents of the United States of America — The Presidents of the United States of America|website=www.abc.net.au|date=21 September 2018}}</ref>
*The Bollweevils are a Chicago based punk band

'''Sports'''
*The boll weevil is the mascot for the [[University of Arkansas at Monticello]] and is listed on several "silliest" or "weirdest" mascots of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oddee.com/item_96800.aspx|title=10 Weirdest College Mascots - RISD mascot, university mascot - Oddee|website=oddee.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campusexplorer.com/Top-10-Weirdest-College-Mascots/|title=Top 10 Weirdest College Mascots|website=www.campusexplorer.com|date=24 June 2021}}</ref> It was also the mascot of a short-lived minor league baseball team, the [[Temple Boll Weevils]], which were alternatively called the "Cotton Bugs".