Abstract:The susceptible strain of Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) to beta-cypermethrin was acquired with the method of single selection and the susceptibility of this strain to 12 insecticides was evaluated in the laboratory using topical application and leaf-dipping methods. The results by leaf-dipping method showed that the susceptibility of S.exigua to 12 insecticides reduced in the sequence as follows: emamectin benzoate (with LC50 value of 0.0340mg/L), indoxacarb, chlorfluazuron, methoxyfenozide, chlorantraniliprole, flubendiamide, beta-cypermethrin, tebufenozide, spinosyn, chlorpyrifos, chlorfenapyr, methomyl (with LC50 value of 124.0482mg/L). And the results by topical application method presented that the toxicity of 12 insecticides to S.exigua reduced in the sequence as follows: beta-cypermethrin, indoxacarb, methoxyfenozide, emamectin benzoate, tebufenozide, chlorpyrifos, spinosyn, chlorantraniliprole, chlorfenapyr, flubendiamide, methomyl, chlorfluazuron. These results provide a guideline for the resistance studies of S.exigua to insecticides.