Testing of Heliotliis ari?iigrra larvae by topical application during 1973-74 and 1974-75 showed high levels of resistance to D D T in strains from Brookstead (,-lOO-fold), Bowen ( A00-fold), St. George (97-fold) and Capella (66-fold). Lower levels of resistance were shown in strains from Mareeba (37-fold), Bundaberg (22-fold). Redland Bay (30-fold) and Cambooya (15-fold). The Capella and St. George strains were less susceptible to DDT + camphechlor than the Brookstead strain. but resistance to this insecticidemixture was not considered to have been proven. The St. George strain was 21 times more resistant toendosulfan than the Brookstead strain. No evidence of resistance to parathion-methyl w d S demonstrated. Two strains of H. punctigrru showed no resistance to DDT.