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Background: Considering the increasing voracious feeding impact of the invasive fall armyworm; Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith) in major corn-growing belts of Africa, indigenous low-cost lures were compared with the commercial pheromone for monitoring and control of this pest via mass capture of the adults.Methods: Four sets of trials were conducted during two cropping (rainy and dry) seasons in two agro-ecological zones of Cameroon. The experiments were setup in randomised complete block designs with 5 lure treatments; palm wine, honeygar, commercial pheromone, Maize chyme, and a water control each replicated five times. Results: The Generalized Linear Mixed Model (GLMM) showed that the maize chyme low-cost lure attracted significantly higher numbers of the moths compared to the commercial pheromone (p The highest numbers of adult fall armyworms were recorded in the Dry season, which were significantly different from the rainy season (pConclusion: The indigenous low-cost lures are effective tools in monitoring and control of fall armyworm as components of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategy for resource-constrained smallholder farmers.