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Wa Insecticide Guide 2026 - Autumn Winter, Rebecca Severtson, Svetlana Micic, Andrew Phillips Jan 2026

Wa Insecticide Guide 2026 - Autumn Winter, Rebecca Severtson, Svetlana Micic, Andrew Phillips

PestFacts WA

Registered chemicals for broadacre crops in Western Australia The insecticides listed in the tables within this guide can be used on any crop appearing on the chemical label, if the rate used does not exceed the highest rate that is registered for use on that crop. There are many products with different trade names that contain the same active ingredient. This list is not exhaustive and does not imply any specific recommendations of brand names. Unless otherwise specified, all insecticides listed are emulsifiable concentrates (EC). Other insecticide formulations are suspension concentrate (SC), wettable powder (WP), capsule suspension (CS), wettable granules …


Wa Insecticide Guide 2026 - Winter Spring, Svetlana Micic, Cindy L. Webster, Rebecca Severtson Jan 2026

Wa Insecticide Guide 2026 - Winter Spring, Svetlana Micic, Cindy L. Webster, Rebecca Severtson

PestFacts WA

Registered chemicals for broadacre crops in Western Australia.

The insecticides listed in the tables within this guide can be used on any crop appearing on the chemical label, if the rate used does not exceed the highest rate that is registered for use on that crop.

There are many products with different trade names that contain the same active ingredient. This list is not exhaustive and does not imply any specific recommendations of brand names.

Unless otherwise specified, all insecticides listed are emulsifiable concentrates (EC). Other insecticide formulations are suspension concentrate (SC), wettable powder (WP), capsule suspension (CS), wettable granules …


Wa Insecticide Guide 2025 - Winter Spring, Rebecca Severtson, Andrew Phillips Sep 2025

Wa Insecticide Guide 2025 - Winter Spring, Rebecca Severtson, Andrew Phillips

PestFacts WA

Please note: this second version published in September 2025 replaces the first version published in June 2025.

The insecticides listed in the tables within this guide can be used on any crop appearing on the chemical label, if the rate used does not exceed the highest rate that is registered for use on that crop.

There are many products with different trade names that contain the same active ingredient. This list is not exhaustive and does not imply any specific recommendations of brand names.

Unless otherwise specified, all insecticides listed are emulsifiable concentrates (EC). Other insecticide formulations are suspension concentrate …


Wa Insecticide Guide 2025 - Autumn Winter, Rebecca Severtson Jan 2025

Wa Insecticide Guide 2025 - Autumn Winter, Rebecca Severtson

PestFacts WA

Registered chemicals for broadacre crops in Western Australia.

The insecticides listed in the tables within this guide can be used on any crop appearing on the chemical label, if the rate used does not exceed the highest rate that is registered for use on that crop.

There are many products with different trade names that contain the same active ingredient. This list is not exhaustive and does not imply any specific recommendations of brand names.


Wa Insecticide Guide 2024 - Autumn Winter, Rebecca Severtson, Svetlana Micic Jan 2024

Wa Insecticide Guide 2024 - Autumn Winter, Rebecca Severtson, Svetlana Micic

PestFacts WA

Registered chemicals for broadacre crops in Western Australia.

The insecticides listed in the tables within this guide can be used on any crop appearing on the chemical label, if the rate used does not exceed the highest rate that is registered for use on that crop.

There are many products with different trade names that contain the same active ingredient. This list is not exhaustive and does not imply any specific recommendations of brand names.

Unless otherwise specified, all insecticides listed are emulsifiable concentrates (EC). Other insecticide formulations are suspension concentrate (SC), wettable powder (WP), capsule suspension (CS), wettable granules …


Wa Insecticide Guide 2024 - Winter Spring, Svetlana Micic, Alan Lord Jan 2024

Wa Insecticide Guide 2024 - Winter Spring, Svetlana Micic, Alan Lord

PestFacts WA

The insecticides listed in the tables within this guide can be used on any crop appearing on the chemical label, if the rate used does not exceed the highest rate that is registered for use on that crop.

There are many products with different trade names that contain the same active ingredient. This list is not exhaustive and does not imply any specific recommendations of brand names.


Pestfacts Wa Issue 21 - November 2023, Cindy L. Webster, Benjamin S. Congdon, Rebecca Severtson, Ciara Beard, Andrea Hills, Geoff J. Thomas Nov 2023

Pestfacts Wa Issue 21 - November 2023, Cindy L. Webster, Benjamin S. Congdon, Rebecca Severtson, Ciara Beard, Andrea Hills, Geoff J. Thomas

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PestFacts WA Issue 21 - November 2023 contents:

  • Final PestFacts WA newsletter for 2023!
  • Virus surveillance and aphid monitoring findings
  • Dongara weevil investigation update
  • Green bridge management over summer


Pestfacts Wa Issue 19 - October 2023, Alan Lord, Cindy L. Webster, Daniel Huberli, Kylie Chambers Oct 2023

Pestfacts Wa Issue 19 - October 2023, Alan Lord, Cindy L. Webster, Daniel Huberli, Kylie Chambers

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PestFacts WA Issue 19 - October 2023 contents:

  • Native budworm monitoring and management in maturing crops
  • Barley leaf rust
  • Fusarium crown rot


Pestfacts Wa Issue 20 - October 2023, Cindy L. Webster, Dusty Severtson, Andrew Phillips, Christiaan Valentine Oct 2023

Pestfacts Wa Issue 20 - October 2023, Cindy L. Webster, Dusty Severtson, Andrew Phillips, Christiaan Valentine

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PestFacts WA Issue 20 - October 2023 contents:

  • Armyworm in cereals
  • Diamondback moth surveillance summary
  • WA’s native budworm trapping program finishes next week
  • Free seed testing for virus infections in pulses


Pestfacts Wa Issue 18 - September 2023, Sarah Collins, Carla Wilkinson, Cindy L. Webster Sep 2023

Pestfacts Wa Issue 18 - September 2023, Sarah Collins, Carla Wilkinson, Cindy L. Webster

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PestFacts WA Issue 18 - September 2023 contents:

  • Cereal cyst nematodes


Pestfacts Wa Issue 15 - September 2023, Cindy L. Webster, Dusty Severtson, Alan Lord, Svetlana Micic, Michael Nash, Andrea Hills Sep 2023

Pestfacts Wa Issue 15 - September 2023, Cindy L. Webster, Dusty Severtson, Alan Lord, Svetlana Micic, Michael Nash, Andrea Hills

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PestFacts WA Issue 15 - September 2023 contents:

  • Spring control of redlegged earth mites
  • Cabbage leafminer
  • Monitor for slugs now to prepare for next season
  • Native budworm update
  • Barley loose smut – this year and going forward


Pestfacts Wa Issue 17 - September 2023, Cindy L. Webster, Dusty Severtson, Rebecca Severtson Sep 2023

Pestfacts Wa Issue 17 - September 2023, Cindy L. Webster, Dusty Severtson, Rebecca Severtson

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PestFacts WA Issue 17 - September 2023 contents:

  • Aphid activity update
  • Diamondback moth numbers remain low
  • Native budworm caterpillar update


Pestfacts Wa Issue 13 - August 2023, Rebecca Severtson, Christiaan Valentine, Alan Lord, Benjamin S. Congdon, Cindy L. Webster, Ciara Beard Aug 2023

Pestfacts Wa Issue 13 - August 2023, Rebecca Severtson, Christiaan Valentine, Alan Lord, Benjamin S. Congdon, Cindy L. Webster, Ciara Beard

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PestFacts WA Issue 13 - August 2023 contents:

  • Diamondback moth numbers are low, but growers are reminded to monitor with warming temperatures
  • Native budworm caterpillars are appearing in the northern region
  • Turnip yellows virus is spreading in canola in Kwinana West and Albany port zones
  • Sclerotinia stem rot update


Pestfacts Wa Issue 12 - August 2023, Ciara Beard, Andrea Hills, Geoff J. Thomas, Cindy L. Webster, Kithsiri Jayasena Aug 2023

Pestfacts Wa Issue 12 - August 2023, Ciara Beard, Andrea Hills, Geoff J. Thomas, Cindy L. Webster, Kithsiri Jayasena

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PestFacts WA Issue 12 - August 2023 contents:

  • Leaf rust in wheat
  • Nodorum blotch and yellow spot in wheat
  • Loose smut in barley


Pestfacts Wa Issue 09 - July 2023, Alan Lord, Christiaan Valentine, Kithsiri W. Jayasena, Andrea Hills, Geoff J. Thomas, Ciara Beard, Cindy L. Webster Jul 2023

Pestfacts Wa Issue 09 - July 2023, Alan Lord, Christiaan Valentine, Kithsiri W. Jayasena, Andrea Hills, Geoff J. Thomas, Ciara Beard, Cindy L. Webster

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PestFacts WA Issue 9 - July 2023 contents:

  • Native budworm are active early
  • Powdery mildew
  • Slime mould


Pestfacts Wa Issue 11 - July 2023, Alan Lord Jul 2023

Pestfacts Wa Issue 11 - July 2023, Alan Lord

PestFacts WA

PestFacts WA Issue 11 - July 2023 contents:

  • Native budworm activity update


Pestfacts Wa Issue 10 - July 2023, Svetlana Micic, Cindy L. Webster, Benjamin S. Congdon, Kylie Chambers Jul 2023

Pestfacts Wa Issue 10 - July 2023, Svetlana Micic, Cindy L. Webster, Benjamin S. Congdon, Kylie Chambers

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PestFacts WA Issue 10 - July 2023 contents:

  • Russian wheat aphid
  • Turnip yellows virus detected in flying green peach aphids and in canola
  • Bacterial blight, Septoria avenae blotch and leaf rust are appearing in oats


Pestfacts Wa Issue 06 - June 2023, Benjamin S. Congdon, Rebecca Severtson Jun 2023

Pestfacts Wa Issue 06 - June 2023, Benjamin S. Congdon, Rebecca Severtson

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PestFacts WA Issue 6 - June 2023 contents:

  • Green peach aphid alert
  • 2023 winter spring insecticide guide is now available


Pestfacts Wa Issue 03 - May 2023, Cindy L. Webster, Svetlana Micic, Alan Lord, Andrea Hills, Jean Galloway, Rebecca Severtson May 2023

Pestfacts Wa Issue 03 - May 2023, Cindy L. Webster, Svetlana Micic, Alan Lord, Andrea Hills, Jean Galloway, Rebecca Severtson

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PestFacts WA Issue 3 - May 2023 contents:

  • Identifying weevils
  • Downy mildew in canola
  • Meet PestFacts WA team member, Bec Severtson


Pestfacts Wa Issue 05 - May 2023, Benjamin S. Congdon, Cindy L. Webster, Ciara Beard, Geoff J. Thomas May 2023

Pestfacts Wa Issue 05 - May 2023, Benjamin S. Congdon, Cindy L. Webster, Ciara Beard, Geoff J. Thomas

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PestFacts WA Issue 5 - May 2023 contents:

  • Early season aphid and virus risk in cereals and canola
  • Black and white tiger moth caterpillars
  • Lupinosis risk this season


Pestfacts Wa Issue 01 - April 2023, Cindy L. Webster, Svetlana Micic, Janette Pratt, Jean Galloway, Adam H. Sparks Apr 2023

Pestfacts Wa Issue 01 - April 2023, Cindy L. Webster, Svetlana Micic, Janette Pratt, Jean Galloway, Adam H. Sparks

PestFacts WA

PestFacts WA newsletter contents:

  • Now is the time bait snails
  • Black Portugue Millipedes
  • Green bridge surveillance findings
  • 2023 autumn winter insecticide spray guide is now available
  • Pre-season climate and insect webinars are available online
  • Canola blackleg risk forecasts
  • Managing Ascochyta blight chickpea at seeding


Pestfacts Wa Issue 02 - April 2023, Cindy L. Webster, Svetlana Micic Apr 2023

Pestfacts Wa Issue 02 - April 2023, Cindy L. Webster, Svetlana Micic

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PestFacts WA Issue 2 - April 2023 contents:

  • Mites and lucerne flea have started hatching
  • European and native earwigs
  • Slugs and snails have started to lay eggs


Wa Insecticide Guide 2023 - Winter Spring, Rebecca Severtson, Alan Lord Jan 2023

Wa Insecticide Guide 2023 - Winter Spring, Rebecca Severtson, Alan Lord

PestFacts WA

Registered chemicals for broadacre crops in Western Australia.

The insecticides listed in the tables within this guide can be used on any crop appearing on the chemical label, if the rate used does not exceed the highest rate that is registered for use on that crop.

There are many products with different trade names that contain the same active ingredient. This list is not exhaustive and does not imply any specific recommendations of brand names.

Unless otherwise specified all insecticides listed are emulsifiable concentrate (EC). Insecticides with SC are suspension concentrate, WP is wettable powder, CS is capsule suspension, WG …


Wa Insecticide Guide 2023 - Autumn Winter, Svetlana Micic, Alan Lord Jan 2023

Wa Insecticide Guide 2023 - Autumn Winter, Svetlana Micic, Alan Lord

PestFacts WA

Registered chemicals for broadacre crops in Western Australia.

The pesticides listed in the tables within this guide can be used on any crop appearing on the chemical label, if the rate used does not exceed the highest rate that is registered for use on that crop.

There are many products with different trade names that contain the same active ingredient. This list is not exhaustive and does not imply any specific recommendations of brand names.

Unless otherwise specified all insecticides listed are emulsifiable concentrate (EC). Insecticides with SC are suspension concentrate, WP is wettable powder, CS is capsule suspension, WG …


Pestfacts Wa Issue 21 - November 2022, Cindy L. Webster, Ciara Beard, Geoff J. Thomas Nov 2022

Pestfacts Wa Issue 21 - November 2022, Cindy L. Webster, Ciara Beard, Geoff J. Thomas

PestFacts WA

PestFacts WA Issue 21 - November 2022 contents:

  • Final PestFacts WA newsletter for 2022!
  • Green bridge management over summer
  • PestFacts WA continues successful collaboration with Agworld and Back Paddock


Pestfacts Wa Issue 20 - November 2022, Ciara Beard, Geoff J. Thomas, Dustin Severtson Nov 2022

Pestfacts Wa Issue 20 - November 2022, Ciara Beard, Geoff J. Thomas, Dustin Severtson

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PestFacts WA Issue 20 - November 2022 contents:

  • Phomopsis can be a risk when grazing lupin stubble
  • Meet PestFacts WA team member – Dusty Severtson


Pestfacts Wa Issue 18 - October 2022, Cindy L. Webster, Svetlana Micic, Alan Lord, Ciara Beard, Andrea Hills, Daniel Huberli Oct 2022

Pestfacts Wa Issue 18 - October 2022, Cindy L. Webster, Svetlana Micic, Alan Lord, Ciara Beard, Andrea Hills, Daniel Huberli

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PestFacts WA Issue 18 - October 2022 contents:

  • Avoid snail contamination in wheat
  • Be mindful of chemical withholding periods if spraying for native budworm
  • Glume blotch and false (pseudo) black chaff in wheat
  • Powdery mildew found in canola and lupin
  • Rhizoctonia bare patches are common this year


Pestfacts Wa Issue 16 - September 2022, Cindy L. Webster, Dusty Severtson, Alan Lord, Jean Galloway, Ciara Beard, Geoff J. Thomas, Andrea Hills Sep 2022

Pestfacts Wa Issue 16 - September 2022, Cindy L. Webster, Dusty Severtson, Alan Lord, Jean Galloway, Ciara Beard, Geoff J. Thomas, Andrea Hills

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PestFacts WA Issue 16 - September 2022:

  • Spring control of redlegged earth mites
  • Native budworm update
  • Botrytis grey mould
  • Anthracnose and Phomopsis in lupins
  • Leaf rust in oats and wheat


Pestfacts Wa Issue 17 - September 2022, Cindy L. Webster, Svetlana Micic, Alan Lord, Ciara Beard, Andrea Hills, Daniel Huberli Sep 2022

Pestfacts Wa Issue 17 - September 2022, Cindy L. Webster, Svetlana Micic, Alan Lord, Ciara Beard, Andrea Hills, Daniel Huberli

PestFacts WA

PestFacts WA Issue 17 - September 2022 contents:

  • Armyworm update
  • Clean augers, field bins and silos to prevent insects contaminating grain
  • Flag smut in wheat
  • PestFacts WA Reporter app now available for android devices


Pestfacts Wa Issue 15 - September 2022, Svetlana Micic, Cindy L. Webster, Jean Galloway, Mark Seymour, Kithsiri Jayasena, Andrea Hills, Ciara Beard Sep 2022

Pestfacts Wa Issue 15 - September 2022, Svetlana Micic, Cindy L. Webster, Jean Galloway, Mark Seymour, Kithsiri Jayasena, Andrea Hills, Ciara Beard

PestFacts WA

PestFacts WA Issue 15 - September 2022 contents:

  • Managing diamondback moths late in the season
  • Chocolate spot in faba beans
  • Loose smut in barley