Cruiser 5FS is an insecticide seed treatment for control of early season sucking and chewing insect pests in cotton. The active ingredient - thiamethoxam is a neonicotinoid insecticide with unique chemical and physical characteristics. Application to seed provides systemic distribution throughout the seedling following germination. Cruiser 5FS at 7.65 fl oz/cwt (300 g ai/100 kg) cottonseed provides protection against tobacco thrips, western flower thrips and cotton aphids. Field trials conducted in 2000 and 2001 confirmed the activity against these pests as well as against cotton fleahoppers. Average yield increases with Cruiser were 228 lbs. lint/acre and 81 lbs. lint/acre for 2000 and 2001, respectively.