Table 14.	Louisiana					Cotton insect losses - 1997
PEST	Acres Infested	Acres Treated	# Insect Applic	Cost of 1 Appl	Cost/acre	% Yield Loss	Bales Lost
Boll Weevils	623200	608074	3.838	$5.37	$20.61	2.997	36474
Boll/budworms	591114	553047	3.225	$10.27	$33.12	1.870	22758
Pink bolworm	0	0	0.000	n/a	$0.00	0.000	0
Cotton Fleahoppers	97463	24045	0.046	$4.32	$0.20	0.030	360
Lygus	539619	480703	2.389	$5.29	$12.64	1.612	19621
Cotton Leaf perforators	0	0	0.000	n/a	$0.00	0.000	0
Spider Mites	65766	4648	0.006	$8.96	$0.05	0.003	38
Thrips, early season	617650	289792	0.532	$3.83	$2.04	0.691	8407
Beet Armyworms	128437	28172	0.040	$9.18	$0.37	0.068	824
Fall Armyworms	70557	8965	0.009	$9.05	$0.08	0.006	69
European Cornborers	0	0	0.000	n/a	$0.00	0.000	0
Stink Bugs	27976	436	0.000	$1.15	$0.00	0.001	16
Grasshoppers	654	0	0.000	n/a	$0.00	0.000	0
Saltmarsh Catepillers	73395	0	0.000	n/a	$0.00	0.000	0
Aphids	327911	135538	0.238	$9.72	$2.32	0.131	1594
Bandedwing Whiteflies	21658	3135	0.002	$3.83	$0.01	0.000	0
Sweet Potato Whiteflies	1595	0	0.000	n/a	$0.00	0.000	0
Soybean Loopers	208026	5956	0.007	$5.66	$0.04	0.010	121
Cabbage Loopers	123527	4604	0.003	$2.30	$0.01	0.000	0
Western Flower Thrips	243180	0	0.000	n/a	$0.00	0.000	0
Cutworms	106562	69257	0.094	$2.72	$0.26	0.003	41
							Cost/Acre
					foliar insecticide		$71.73
Percent Lost:	7.42	est. Yield per acre:		740	at planting		$7.20
Total Acres:	625877				Bt use fees		$12.73
Total Acres Harvested:	625877	cost + loss		$90,786,071	eradication		$1.16
Total Bales Lost:	90323	cost + loss/acre		$145.05	scouting		$7.20
Bales lost in $$$:	$28,180,910				TOTAL		$100.03