A method using liquid chromatography with diode-array detection, LC-DAD, has been developed for the determination of the pesticide diflubenzuron and some of its major metabolites, such as 2,6-difluorobenzamide, 4-chlorophenylurea, and 4-chloroaniline in pine-needles. Samples were extracted into acetonitrile and further cleaned-up through aminopropyl cartridge. LC was performed on a C18column using acetonitrile-methanol-water (50:2:48) as mobile phase at 1 mL min−1at room temperature.