Early season boll weevil infestations in cotton are often high near wooded areas. Satellite spectral data was used to identify and locate wooded zones near cotton fields in three cotton producing areas in Arkansas. Boll weevil densities (as calculated from four years' of intensive pheromone trap sampling) were also mapped for each year in each study area. Areas with relatively high spring weevil densities were almost always associated with wooded zones, indicating that these wooded zones provided high quality overwintering habitat for boll weevils.