Table 6.	US					Cotton insect losses - 1996
PEST	Acres Infested	Acres Treated	# Insect Applic	Cost of 1 Appl	Cost /acre	% Yield Loss	Bales Lost
Boll Weevils	7151457	4194799	1.369	$5.80	$7.94	1.856	489701
Boll/ budworms	10249473	6269592	1.318	$9.83	$12.96	2.368	624826
Cotton Fleahoppers	3015621	690582	0.054	$5.09	$0.27	0.096	25280
Lygus	5973358	3065442	0.569	$10.55	$6.00	0.681	179648
Cotton Leaf perforators	263253	6000	0.001	$0.31	$0.00	0.004	1045
Pink Bollworms	485816	230359	0.056	$10.81	$0.61	0.177	46684
Spider Mites	1717013	623215	0.087	$21.47	$1.87	0.107	28239
Thrips, early season	9215158	2332007	0.187	$5.07	$0.95	0.399	105303
Beet Armyworms	2256222	317252	0.024	$10.79	$0.26	0.084	22236
Fall Armyworms	1547723	235195	0.023	$11.95	$0.27	0.101	26589
European Cornborers	746950	1850	0.000	$8.70	$0.00	0.017	4575
Stink Bugs	2313405	235523	0.021	$6.87	$0.15	0.139	36669
Grasshoppers	213985	23150	0.002	$5.37	$0.01	0.010	2587
Saltmarsh Catepillers	474914	20587	0.001	$4.38	$0.00	0.001	179
Aphids	9269001	1889161	0.169	$9.01	$1.52	0.480	126713
Bandedwing Whiteflies	2198444	16331	0.001	$5.96	$0.01	0.000	17
Sweet Potato Whiteflies	714998	350300	0.060	$27.17	$1.62	0.062	16304
Soybean Loopers	898803	47062	0.003	$8.59	$0.03	0.001	379
Cabbage Loopers	1442327	52189	0.004	$8.55	$0.03	0.022	5774
Western Flower Thrips	3026340	9000	0.001	$5.60	$0.00	0.002	486
Cutworms	801846	328533	0.023	$3.45	$0.08	0.005	1402
							Cost /Acre
Percent Lost:	6.61	est. Yield per acre:		692	Foliar insecticide		$34.59
Total Acres:	13256988				At planting insecticides		$5.81
Total Acres Harvested:	13052264	Total cost and loss insect related:		$1,188,911,465	Bt use license fees		$1.92
Total Bales Lost:	1744636	Total cost + Loss/acre:		$89.68	eradication		$3.15
Bales lost in $$$:	$586,197,691				TOTAL		$45.46