Pest

acres infested

acres treated

 # insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

765,171

472,000

0.184

$7.23

$1.33

0.20

21,733

Bollworm/Budworm

5,160,671

1,821,040

0.430

$10.61

$4.57

1.40

153,983

Pink Bollworm

848,581

85,581

0.073

$7.63

$0.56

0.42

46,681

Cotton Fleahopper

2,550,496

1,310,780

0.329

$6.73

$2.21

0.31

34,489

Lygus

1,159,363

259,423

0.043

$7.66

$0.33

0.35

38,995

Cotton Leaf Perforator

32,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Spider Mites

149,500

14,600

0.003

$12.26

$0.04

0.00

492

Thrips

5,774,171

472,600

0.092

$5.68

$0.52

1.11

122,857

Beet Armyworm

757,500

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

35,000

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

733,800

323,720

0.054

$9.40

$0.51

0.21

22,920

Grasshoppers

61,000

19,200

0.004

$7.16

$0.03

0.00

103

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

15,500

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

4,778,671

536,050

0.091

$8.11

$0.74

0.07

7,707

Banded Winged Whitefly

165,000

85,000

0.014

$10.00

$0.14

0.00

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemesia)

207,171

50

0.000

$12.00

$0.00

0.00

0

Loopers

340,000

45,000

0.008

$10.22

$0.08

0.00

0

Southern Armyworms

18,000

2,000

0.000

$9.00

$0.00

0.00

0

Darkling Beetle

65,000

5,000

0.001

$8.75

$0.01

0.00

0

Cutworms

286,300

145,000

0.024

$7.60

$0.18

0.00

0

Percent Lost

4.08

Est. yield/acre

617

Cost/ Acre

Foliar insecticide

$11.25

Total Acres

5,969,171

Spray applications

1.351

At planting

$1.70

Bt use fees

$3.04

Cost + loss

$288,115,081

Eradication

$9.09

Total Bales lost

449,961

Scouting

$1.48

Bales lost in dollars

$129,588,804

Cost + loss/acre

$48.27

Total

$26.56