Table 12 Florida Cotton Insect Losses – 2005

Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Bollworm/Budworm

13,500

9,000

0.120

$14.10

$1.69

0.45

1,013

Pink Bollworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cotton Fleahopper

900

0

0.000

N/A

0.00

0.00

0

Lygus

18,000

3,100

0.034

$7.00

$0.24

0.20

450

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

32,400

3,150

0.035

$7.30

$0.26

0.18

405

Beet Armyworm

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Fall Armyworm

11,250

1,800

0.020

$17.00

$0.34

0.06

141

European Cornborer

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Stink Bugs

78,300

76,500

1.275

$10.75

$13.71

2.61

5,873

Grasshoppers

300

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Aphids

90,000

1,350

0.015

$9.50

$0.14

0.10

225

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

2,200

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Southern Armyworms

33,500

680

0.008

$11.25

$0.09

0.00

0

Yellowstriped Armyworms

3,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Cutworms

0

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.00

0

Percent Lost

3.60

Est. yield/acre

675

 

Cost/ Acre

 

 

 

 

Foliar insecticide

$16.46

Total Acres

90,000

Spray applications

1.507

At planting

$8.80

 

 

 

 

Bt use fees

$20.35

 

 

Cost + loss

$7,530,258

Eradication

$5.00

Total Bales lost

8,106

 

 

Scouting

$7.12

Bales lost in dollars

$2,334,420

Cost + loss/acre

$83.67

Total

$57.73