How many applications did you make before seeing results ? Do you recall how long it took? Days? Weeks? Thanks again
Says 0.005% Spinosyn A&D Thats pretty dilute
(0.043mL/946mL bottle)
Well lets see how this stuff works. Gonna OPEN A CAN OF WHOOPASS on em now!!
FROM DOW CHEMICAL SITE:
Because of its high efficacy, use rates for spinosad are generally low, in the ounces per acre or grams/hectare range. Spinosad has contact activity on virtually all life stages of a pest including egg, larvae and adult. Eggs must be sprayed directly but larvae and adults can be effectively dosed through contact with treated surfaces. Spinosad is most effective when eaten by insect pests. Foliar formulations of spinosad are not highly systemic, however, translaminar activity is evident
Incests article: Insecticide effects on Tomatoe Leafminer
Notable differences in mortality rates from exposure to zeolites
compared to other products, such as kaolin, its formulated product Surround, and the insecticide
spinosad, were observed. Kaolin and Surround exhibited little or no effect for both application
methods, while the hatch rate was reduced by 95% when spinosad was applied topically. Spinosad
yielded egg and larvae mortality rates of 100% for both application methods.
PS a couple links to leaf miner into(T.Absoluta)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuta_absoluta
http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/49260
http://www.irac-online.org/documents/tuta-absoluta-irm-booklet/
Comparison of Bioinsectides Spinosad rated 1st:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S138266891630014X
Abstract
The wheat head armyworm, Dargida (previously Faronta) diffusa (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is widely distributed in North American grasslands and is most common on the Great Plains, where it is often a serious pest of corn and cereal crops. Six commercially available botanical or microbial insecticides used against D. diffusa were tested in the laboratory: Entrust® WP (spinosad 80%), Mycotrol® ESO (Beauveria bassiana GHA), Aza-Direct® (azadirachtin), Met52® EC (Metarhizium brunneum F52), Xpectro® OD (Beauveria bassiana GHA + pyrethrins), and Xpulse® OD (Beauveria bassiana GHA + azadirachtin). Concentrations of 0.1, 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 fold the lowest labelled rates of formulated products were tested for all products, while for Entrust WP additional concentrations of 0.001 and 0.01 fold the label rates were also assessed. Survival rates were determined from larval mortality at 1–9 days post treatment application. We found that among the tested chemicals, Entrust® (spinosad) was the most effective, causing 83–100% mortality (0–17% survival rate) at day 3 across all concentrations. The others, in order of efficacy from most to least, were Xpectro® (B. bassiana GHA + pyrethrins), Xpulse®OD (B. bassiana GHA + azadirachtin), Aza-Direct® (azadirachtin), Met52® EC (M. brunneum F52), and Mycotrol® ESO (B. bassiana GHA). These products and entomopathogenic fungi caused 70–100% mortality (0–30% survivability) from days 7 to 9. The tested products and entomopathogenic fungi can be used in management of D. diffusa.
