Eggs are usually deposited on the underside of leaves and hatch in three to five days. Larvae bore into bolls or stalks within 48 hours of hatching. Other insects Armyworms, grasshoppers and other insects also damage cotton, especially near field margins. They should be controlled when necessary to prevent losses. Losses from armyworms and grasshoppers usually can be prevented by controlling them in other crops and along grassy fence rows and ditch banks.
All insecticides are poisonous.
They must be handled with caution. Follow all precautions as printed on the container label. Workers entering cotton fields following treatment with insecticide should follow reentry procedures given on the container label. Protective clothing and proper safety precautions should be observed as prescribed on container label. Do not graze cotton fields or feed gin trash treated with acephate, aldicarb, azinphosmethyl, baythroid, dicofol, dimethoate, fenvalerate, methomyl, permethrin, profenofos or thiodicarb to dairy or meat animals.