DISCLOSED IS AN INSECTICIDAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING BY WEIGHT BASED ON THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF THE COMPOSITION: (A) FROM ABOUT 9 TO ABOUT 91% OF ONE OR MORE ANTHRANILIC DIAMIDE INSECTICIDES； AND (B) FROM ABOUT 9 TO ABOUT 91% OF A NONIONIC ETHYLENE OXIDE-PROPYLENE OXIDE BLOCK COPOLYMER COMPONENT HAVING A WATER SOLUBILITY OF AT LEAST ABOUT 5% BY WEIGHT AT 20°C, A HYDROPHILIC-LIPOPHILIC BALANCE VALUE OF AT LEAST ABOUT 5 AND AN AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT RANGING FROM ABOUT 1500 TO ABOUT 20000 DALTONS； WHEREIN THE RATIO OF COMPONENT (B) TO COMPONENT (A) IS ABOUT 1: 10 TO ABOUT 10: 1 BY WEIGHT. ALSO DISCLOSED IS A GEOTROPIC PROPAGULE COATED WITH AN INSECTICIDALLY EFFECTIVE AMOUNT OF THE AFOREDESCRIBED COMPOSITION. FURTHER DISCLOSED IS A LIQUID COMPOSITION CONSISTING OF ABOUT 5 TO 80 WEIGHT % OF THE AFOREDESCRIBED COMPOSITION AND ABOUT 20 TO 95 WEIGHT % OF A VOLATILE AQUEOUS LIQUID CARRIER, AND A METHOD FOR PROTECTING A GEOTROPIC PROPAGULE AND PLANT DERIVED THEREFROM FROM A PHYTOPHAGOUS INSECT PEST, THE METHOD COMPRISING COATING THE PROPAGULE WITH AN INSECTICIDALLY EFFECTIVE AMOUNT OF THE AFOREDESCRIBED LIQUID COMPOSITION AND THEN EVAPORATING THE VOLATILE AQUEOUS LIQUID CARRIER.
