| Table 12. | Florida | Cotton insect losses - 1997 | |||||
| PEST | Acres Infested | Acres Treated | # Insect Applic | Cost of 1 Appl | Cost/acre | % Yield Loss | Bales Lost |
| Boll Weevils | 300 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Boll/budworms | 100000 | 65200 | 0.952 | $10.75 | $10.23 | 4.320 | 8460 |
| Pink Bollworm | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cotton Fleahoppers | 5000 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Lygus | 97000 | 70500 | 0.705 | $1.25 | $0.88 | 1.940 | 3799 |
| Cotton Leaf perforators | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Spider Mites | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Thrips, early season | 100000 | 27730 | 0.277 | $6.20 | $1.72 | 0.400 | 783 |
| Beet Armyworms | 100 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Fall Armyworms | 63700 | 16000 | 0.160 | $15.70 | $2.51 | 0.701 | 1372 |
| European Cornborers | 500 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Stink Bugs | 30000 | 22000 | 0.220 | $6.25 | $1.38 | 0.261 | 511 |
| Grasshoppers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Saltmarsh Catepillers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Aphids | 100000 | 7000 | 0.070 | $5.75 | $0.40 | 0.400 | 783 |
| Bandedwing Whiteflies | 20000 | 5000 | 0.050 | n/a | $0.55 | 0.030 | 59 |
| Sweet Potato Whiteflies | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Soybean Loopers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cabbage Loopers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Western Flower Thrips | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cutworms | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cost/Acre | |||||||
| foliar insecticide | $17.67 | ||||||
| Percent Lost: | 8.05 | est. Yield per acre: | 720 | at planting | $11.78 | ||
| Harvested Acres | 99000 | Bt use fees | $25.20 | ||||
| Total Acres | 100000 | cost + loss | $11,580,904 | eradication | $5.00 | ||
| Total Bales Lost: | 15768 | cost + loss/acre | $115.81 | scouting | $6.96 | ||
| Bales lost in $$$: | $4,919,589 | TOTAL | $66.61 | ||||