Border treatments may be in order in some fields. If areas of a cotton field where damaging plant bug populations are present can be identified, treating only these area will conserve beneficial insects to help with an aphid population. Aphid populations are varying at this point. Some fields examined this week have widely spaced clumps of aphids. Some farms have aphids only of older cotton.
Some fields have aphids throughout the field and are at treatment levels.
In one field in the south delta, several beet armyworm moths were spotted. This was the only field and only moth population experienced this week. No budworm or bollworm moths were seen. Blooms are a regular occurrence in many of the fields, and the cotton is moving along nicely. The aphid fungus has shown-up in much of the area.