Table 2.4-17. Summary of recommended insecticides for soybean insect control

Always check the label. In some cases all formulations listed are not labeled for the pest.

• AB = acetamiprid + bifenthrin
  
• AC =acephate (Orthene)
• AZ = azadirachtin (Neemix)
• BN = beta-cyfluthrin (Baythroid)
• BNI = beta-cyfluthrin + imidacloprid (Leverage 360)
  
• Bt = Bacillus thuringiensis
• CB = carbaryl (Sevin)
• CP = chlorpyrifos (Lorsban Advanced)
  
• CPL = chlorpyrifos + lambda-cyhalothrin (Cobalt Advanced)
• DM = deltamethrin (Delta Gold)
• DI = dimethoate (Dimethoate)
• DF = difluorobenzamide (Dimilin)
• ES = esfenvalerate (Asana XL)
• GC = gamma-cyhalothrin (Proaxis)
• LC = lambda-cyhalothrin (Taiga, Warrior)
• ME = methomyl (Lannate)
• MF = methoxyfenozide (Intrepid)
• MP = methyl parathion (Penncap-M)
• ML = metaldehyde (Deadline MPs, Metarex)
• PE = permethrin (Ambush, Artic, Pounce)
• SP = spinosad (Entrust, Tracer)
• TH = thiocarb (Larvin)
• ZB = zeta-cypermethrin + bifenthrin (Hero)
• ZC = zeta-cypermethrin (Mustang Max)

Seed Treatments

• CL = clothianidin
  
• IM = imidacloprid (Gaucho, planter box)
• TM = thiamethoxam (Cruiser)

Table 2.4-17. Summary of recommended insecticides for soybean insect control.

Soybean Pest	AB	AC	AZ	BN	BNI	Bt	CB	CP	CPL	DM	DI	DF	ES	GC	IN	LC	ME	MF	MP	ML	PE	SP	TH	ZB	ZC	CL	IM	TM
Bean leaf beetle	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦		♦	♦	♦	♦	♦		♦	♦		♦	♦		♦		♦		♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦
Grasshopper		♦		♦	♦		♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦		♦			♦					♦	♦
Green cloverworm		♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦		♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦		♦	♦	♦	♦	♦
Japanese beetle				♦	♦		♦		♦	♦			♦	♦		♦			♦		♦			♦	♦
Mexican bean beetle		♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦			♦		♦		♦		♦	♦	♦			♦
Potato leafhopper	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦		♦		♦	♦	♦		♦	♦		♦			♦		♦			♦	♦	♦		♦
Seed corn maggot																										♦	♦	♦
Slugs																				♦
Soybean aphid	♦	♦		♦	♦			♦	♦	♦	♦		♦	♦		♦			♦					♦	♦		♦	♦
Stink bugs				♦	♦		♦		♦							♦									♦
Two-spotted spider mite								♦			♦