| Table 11. | FLORIDA | Cotton insect losses - 1996 | |||||
| PEST | Acres Infested | Acres Treated | # Insect Applic | Cost of 1 Appl | Cost/acre | % Yield Loss | Bales Lost |
| Boll Weevils | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Boll /budworms | 55000 | 54000 | 1.080 | $7.20 | $7.78 | 3.300 | 5844 |
| Cotton Fleahoppers | 5000 | 2000 | 0.022 | $7.00 | $0.15 | 0.010 | 18 |
| Lygus | 10000 | 540 | 0.005 | $5.60 | $0.03 | 0.050 | 89 |
| Cotton Leaf perforators | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Pink Bollworms | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Spider Mites | 350 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Thrips, early season | 100000 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Beet Armyworms | 1000 | 600 | 0.012 | $11.25 | $0.14 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Fall Armyworms | 17000 | 12000 | 0.240 | $15.75 | $3.78 | 0.085 | 151 |
| European Cornborers | 400 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Stink Bugs | 3000 | 1000 | 0.010 | $6.14 | $0.06 | 0.015 | 27 |
| Grasshoppers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Saltmarsh Catepillers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Aphids | 100000 | 3000 | 0.030 | $6.00 | $0.18 | 0.200 | 354 |
| Bandedwing Whiteflies | 2500 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Sweet Potato Whiteflies | 1000 | 300 | 0.003 | $12.00 | $0.04 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Soybean Loopers | 7000 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cabbage Loopers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Western Flower Thrips | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cutworms | 1000 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cost /Acre | |||||||
| Percent Lost: | 3.66 | est. Yield per acre: | 672 | Foliar insecticide | $12.15 | ||
| Total Acres: | 100000 | At planting insecticides | $7.38 | ||||
| Total Acres Harvested: | 100000 | Total cost and loss insect related: | $6,006, 514 | Bt use license fees | $13.76 | ||
| Total Bales Lost: | 6481 | Total cost + Loss/acre: | $60.07 | eradication | $5.00 | ||
| Bales lost in $$$: | $2,177,700 | TOTAL | $38.29 | ||||