Spinosad NEW

Spinosad is primarily a larvicide but also has activity on adult insects and eggs. It is active on species from the orders Lepidoptera, Thysanoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera and a few Coleoptera. There is little activity against sucking insects such as aphids. Spinosad is active by contact and ingestion, causing paralysis, tremors and incapacitation within hours; Symptoms appear almost immediately and death follows within hours. The company claims that insects are unlikely to acquire resistance to this product due to this mode of action. Its activity is generally equivalent to that of the pyrethroids in terms of speed of action and application rates. In laboratory tests Spinosad out-performed other naturally-derived products. Spinosad is intended for foliar application. No crop phytotoxicity has been observe.