| Table 22. | VIRGINIA | Cotton insect losses - 1996 | |||||
| PEST | Acres Infested | Acres Treated | # Insect Applic | Cost of 1 Appl | Cost /acre | % Yield Loss | Bales Lost |
| Boll Weevils | 14 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Boll /budworms | 103000 | 103000 | 1.000 | $11.00 | $11.00 | 2.000 | 3948 |
| Cotton Fleahoppers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Lygus | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Thrips, early season | 20600 | 20000 | 0.194 | $6.00 | $1.17 | 0.200 | 395 |
| Beet Armyworms | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Fall Armyworms | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| European Cornborers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Stink Bugs | 1000 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.002 | 5 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Bandedwing Whiteflies | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Sweet Potato Whiteflies | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Soybean Loopers | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cost /Acre | |||||||
| Percent Lost: | 2.20 | est. Yield per acre: | 710 | Foliar insecticide | $12.17 | ||
| Total Acres: | 103000 | At planting insecticides | $14.00 | ||||
| Total Acres Harvested: | 102000 | Total cost and loss insect related: | $4,547, 314 | Bt use license fees | $0.00 | ||
| Total Bales Lost: | 4348 | Total cost + Loss/acre: | $44.15 | eradication | $3.80 | ||
| Bales lost in $$$: | $1,460,914 | TOTAL | $29.97 | ||||