Realizing the importance of early detection of pests in the Arkansas cotton crop, and wanting to capitalize on the availability of the Internet and the technology that it provides, entomologists and computer specialists from the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service have developed an on-line database system to allow cotton scouts from participating Arkansas counties to enter daily scout information and make statewide comparisons, thus allowing for trends in pest population to be determined quickly. The focus of the program during the first year, during which 14 Arkansas counties participated by reporting 8060 observations, included the tobacco budworm, Heliothis virescens and the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa zea. The ability to have statewide information on a daily basis leads to a better response time for the producer and consultants in controlling the pests.