[Objectives]  To investigate the effects of bean volatiles induced by jasmonic acid on the behavior of Frankliniella occidentalis, and its natural enemy, Orius similis. [Methods]  The responses of F. occidentalis and O. similis to bean volatiles induced by different concentrations of exogenous jasmonic acid were tested in a four arm-olfactometer. Volatiles were identified by GC-MS and compared. [Results]  The volatiles induced by exogenous jasmonic acid were all, to some degree, repellent to F. occidentalis and attractive to O. similis. The most repellant volatiles were produced by treatment with by 1 mmol/L of jasmonic acid, and the most attractive by treatment by 0.1 mmol/L of jasmonic acid. The composition of volatiles produced following different treatments were significantly different. (Z)-3-hexenyl propionate and 2-isopropyl-3- methoxypyrazine were only found in jasmonic acid induced bean volatiles. Analysis of the behavioral responses of the two insect species to different volatiles suggests that (E)-2-hexenal is repellent to F. occidentalis whereas (E)-2-hexenyl acetate is attractive to O. similis. [Conclusion]  Application of exogenous jasmonic acid to bean plants can induce changes in volatiles composition that can repel F. occidentalis and attract O. similis.