Texas, Northern Blacklands

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

60,000

45,000

1.071

$8.00

$8.57

0.95

875

Bollworm/Budworm

40,000

14,000

0.222

$15.00

$3.33

2.54

2,333

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

56,000

47,000

0.746

$4.50

$3.36

3.11

2,858

Lygus

3,000

100

0.002

$6.50

$0.01

0.00

2

Cotton Leaf Perforator

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

1,000

100

0.002

$14.00

$0.02

0.00

4

Thrips

56,000

25,000

0.397

$4.50

$1.79

1.78

1,633

Beet Armyworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

0

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

5,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Grasshoppers

17,000

4,000

0.095

$6.50

$0.62

0.13

124

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

13,000

800

0.013

$7.00

$0.09

0.05

47

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

0

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

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Percent Lost

8.57

Est. yield/acre

600

Cost/ Acre

Foliar insecticide

$17.79

Total Acres

63,000

Spray applications

2.548

At planting

$6.33

Bt use fees

$3.75

Cost + loss

$4,204,780

Eradication

$0.00

Total Bales lost

7,877

Scouting

$2.86

Bales lost in dollars

$2,268,630

Cost + loss/acre

$66.74

Total

$30.73