“…Some Lepidoptera adults may need to be squeezed to reveal the dye in the internal organs (through the intersegmental membranes of the abdomen) because the external scales do not pick up the dye. Oil-soluble dyes have been used to mark insects in the sterile insect release method (Steiner 1965, Schroeder et al 1974, in area-wide pest management programs Landin 1966, Hendricks et al 1971), and recently, in dispersal studies associated with resistance management programs in transgenic crops (Hunt et al 2001, Showers et al 2001, Qureshi 2003. Dyes have been used to mark insects in the following orders: Coleoptera (Gast and Landin 1966, Lloyd et al 1968, Daum et al 1969, Lepidoptera (Graham and Mangum 1971, Jones et al 1975, Ostlie et al 1984, Ramaswamy et al 1985, Showers et al 1989, Hunt et al 2000, Diptera (Steiner 1965, Schroeder et al 1974), Isoptera Mention of trade names or commercial products in this article is solely for the purpose of providing speciÞc information and does not imply recommendation or endorsement by Kansas State University or the U.S. Department of Agriculture.…”