To date, the efforts to control the cotton boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis, Boheman) have been focused on the use of cultural practices, organic insecticides and synthetic organic insecticides (SoIs), all of which have proven to be both expensive and harmful to beneficial insects. The Boll Weevil Bait Stick, a biorational "attract and kill" device, potentially provides a needed, and subsequently less costly, alternative to current methods for the control of "overwintered" boll weevils. The device is currently registered under an Experimental Use Permit (EUP) for 5,000 acres in the Cotton Belt and an application for full registration is planned for the second quarter of 1992.