| Table 23 | VIRGINIA | Cotton insect losses - 1997 | |||||
| PEST | Acres Infested | Acres Treated | # Insect Applic | Cost of 1 Appl | Cost/acre | % Yield Loss | Bales Lost |
| Boll Weevils | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Boll/budworms | 95000 | 95000 | 1.176 | $12.00 | $14.11 | 0.344 | 914 |
| Pink Bollworm | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cotton Fleahoppers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Lygus | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cotton Leaf perforators | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Spider Mites | 3000 | 2000 | 0.020 | $16.00 | $0.32 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Thrips, early season | 101000 | 85000 | 0.842 | $5.00 | $4.21 | 0.500 | 972 |
| Beet Armyworms | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Fall Armyworms | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| European Cornborers | 500 | 500 | 0.005 | $12.00 | $0.06 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Stink Bugs | 5000 | 4000 | 0.040 | $12.00 | $0.48 | 0.050 | 96 |
| 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 | 50000 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Bandedwing Whiteflies | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| 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 | 1700 | 1500 | 0.015 | $12.00 | $0.18 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cost/Acre | |||||||
| foliar insecticide | $19.35 | ||||||
| Percent Lost: | 0.89 | est. Yield per acre: | 675 | at planting | $13.86 | ||
| Total Acres: | 101000 | Bt use fees | $0.08 | ||||
| Harvested Acres: | 101000 | cost + loss: | $4,331,846 | eradication | $3.35 | ||
| Total Bales lost | 1983 | cost + loss/acre | $42.89 | scouting | $0.13 | ||
| Bales Lost in$$$: | $618,618.00 | Total | $36.76 | ||||