Most currently used cotton insecticides are good to excellent contact ovicides of HeliothiS spp. eggs. Four trials were conducted across the cotton belt to evaluate the ovicidal activity of Karate versus other insecticides. Treatments evaluated were Karate at 0.025 lb ai/A, Larvin at 0.125-0.25 lb ai/A, Curacron at 0.25-0.5 lb ai/A, Ovasyn at 0.125-0.25 lb ai/A, Asana XL at 0.03 lb ai/A, Baythroid at 0.028 lb ai/A and Scout X-tra at 0.018 lb ai/A. Of these insecticides, the pyrethroids had good to excellent initial activity of treated eggs and had longer residual activity than the other classes of insecticide chemistry. The pyrethroids also tended to discourage egg deposition when compared with the check or the other classes of chemistry.