Pest

acres infested

acres treated

# insect appls

Cost of 1 applic

cost/ acre

%red

Bales lost

Boll Weevil

1,827,734

745,828

0.064

$7.12

$0.45

0.049

17,160

Bollworm/Budworm

11,755,012

6,100,075

0.541

$8.08

$4.37

1.498

520,778

Pink Bollworm

697,210

93,523

0.020

$11.34

$0.22

0.045

15,798

Cotton Fleahopper

4,898,395

1,215,586

0.120

$5.60

$0.67

0.180

62,519

Lygus

7,606,972

4,350,090

0.817

$9.03

$7.38

0.901

313,194

Cotton Leaf Perforator

337,634

523

0.000

$17.60

$0.00

0.000

21

Spider Mites

5,151,075

1,823,141

0.212

$21.09

$4.47

0.350

121,871

Thrips

13,038,538

4,463,303

0.355

$6.30

$2.24

0.429

149,090

Beet Armyworm

1,694,577

208,083

0.014

$11.10

$0.16

0.019

6,599

Fall Armyworm

3,271,879

1,215,116

0.128

$10.43

$1.34

0.112

38,980

European Cornborer

213,000

0

0.000

N/A

$0.00

0.000

0

Stink Bugs

6,628,712

3,704,033

0.394

$7.88

$3.10

0.639

222,132

Grasshoppers

886,738

11,325

0.001

$7.56

$0.01

0.003

1,066

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

896,735

40,502

0.003

$7.14

$0.02

0.001

406

Aphids

10,364,069

2,147,927

0.147

$9.87

$1.45

0.127

44,112

Banded Winged Whitefly

948,642

13,000

0.001

$9.23

$0.01

0.000

0

Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemisia)

821,497

228,047

0.037

$27.99

$1.03

0.082

28,601

Loopers

2,968,962

427,297

0.026

$10.32

$0.27

0.008

2,636

Southern Armyworms

279,088

12,130

0.001

$8.08

$0.01

0.000

1

Other Insects

656,249

383,738

0.032

$8.25

$0.26

0.028

9,857

Cutworms

1,333,455

1,559,196

0.109

$2.62

$0.29

0.001

251

Percent Lost

4.47

Est. yield/acre

828

Cost/ Acre

Foliar insecticide

$27.73

Total Acres

14,268,268

Spray applications

3.019

At planting

$5.77

Bt use fees

$10.08

Cost + loss

$1,255,787,271

Eradication

$8.75

Total Bales lost

1,555,072

Scouting

$4.30

Bales lost in dollars

$447,860,728

Cost + loss/acre

$88.01

Total

$56.62