Texas, Upper Coastal Bend

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

186,000

186,000

4.300

$7.73

$33.24

6.00

27,900

Bollworm/Budworm

186,000

93,000

0.500

$7.82

$3.91

1.00

4,650

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

186,000

139,500

0.750

$3.60

$2.70

0.25

1,163

Lygus

115,762

46,500

0.250

$7.53

$1.88

0.00

0

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Thrips

167,400

74,400

0.400

$4.35

$1.74

0.23

1,046

Beet Armyworm

27,900

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

19,510

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

158,100

110,559

0.594

$6.80

$4.04

0.85

3,953

Grasshoppers

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

130,000

37,200

0.200

$7.30

$1.46

0.00

0

Banded Winged Whitefly

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Loopers

63,680

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Southern Armyworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Other Insects

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cutworms

55,000

3,900

0.021

$7.22

$0.15

0.00

0

Percent Lost

8.33

Est. yield/acre

808

Cost/ Acre

Foliar insecticide

$49.12

Total Acres

186,000

Spray applications

7.015

At planting

$6.38

Bt use fees

$9.67

Cost + loss

$28,048,210

Eradication

$20.20

Total Bales lost

38,711

Scouting

$5.48

Bales lost in dollars

$11,148,840

Cost + loss/acre

$150.80

Total

$90.86