One of the planes used in the program sitting in the hangar at the Coolidge Airport.

Still in the hangar....

The van arrived loaded with moths. They are picked up from the PHX PBW Rearing Facility and delivered each morning.

The moth trays are inside an insulated red box to keep the moths cool during transport.

Here is Michelle Walters, USDA, taking a tray of moths out of the box.

The "freeze sticks" are removed prior to loading the tray into the plane.

Here goes the moth tray into the plane.

The bottom tray is slid out to release the moths (so they will fall into the auger).

.....still loading the moths.

There you can see the tray loaded into the SIT equipment inside the plane.

.... another view of loaded moths.

The moths are ready to go.

Here is one of the pilots reviewing a map before the flight.

Here is the GPS equipment located in the cockpit of the plane.

The screen shows an outline of the cotton fields. Non-Bt fields are outlined in a different color.

Here is a view of the cockpit.

Here is the drop tube coming out of the bottom of the plane. This is where the moths come out of the plane.

.... one last check.

The plane is getting ready for take off.

....heading toward the runway.

There it goes.

.....off to drop the moths.

The plane lands after it's run.

Here it comes.

Michelle Walters is removing the used tray.

Here is a side view of a clean pink bollworm moth tray.

You can see how dirty it is after the flight with a load of pink bollworm scales.

The tray is set off to the side for cleaning.

We use a shop vac to remove the scales.

Here is what the auger looks like after a flight.

The equipment inside of the plane is cleaned as well.

Here is a good picture of the type of equipment needed in the pink bollworm sterile moth releases.