Texas, Lower Coastal Bend

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

51,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.12

1,063

Bollworm/Budworm

417,202

262,873

0.630

$8.92

$5.62

1.00

8,692

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

417,202

337,934

1.377

$3.60

$4.96

0.25

2,173

Lygus

45,892

3,675

0.009

$7.53

$0.07

0.00

0

Cotton Leaf Perforator

166,881

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

146,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Thrips

449,593

87,612

0.210

$4.35

$0.91

0.00

0

Beet Armyworm

21,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

11,000

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

70,000

26,600

0.064

$6.80

$0.43

0.00

0

Grasshoppers

15,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

25,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

333,417

271,180

0.650

$7.30

$4.74

0.20

1,737

Banded Winged Whitefly

14,000

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

46,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Southern Armyworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Western Flower Thrips

16,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cutworms

45,892

6,884

0.017

$7.22

$0.12

0.00

0

Percent Lost

1.57

Est. yield/acre

571

Cost/ Acre

Foliar insecticide

$16.86

Total Acres

417,202

Spray applications

2.956

At planting

$1.17

Bt use fees

$3.39

Cost + loss

$24,559,915

Eradication

$23.14

Total Bales lost

13,664

Scouting

$4.88

Bales lost in dollars

$3,935,141

Cost + loss/acre

$58.87

Total

$49.44